diff --git a/src/psm/Util/Server/Updater/StatusNotifier.php b/src/psm/Util/Server/Updater/StatusNotifier.php
index ba11ad78..21f3c380 100644
--- a/src/psm/Util/Server/Updater/StatusNotifier.php
+++ b/src/psm/Util/Server/Updater/StatusNotifier.php
@@ -200,12 +200,12 @@ class StatusNotifier {
 	protected function notifyByEmail($users) {
 		// build mail object with some default values
 		$mail = psm_build_mail();
-		$mail->Subject	= utf8_decode(psm_parse_msg($this->status_new, 'email_subject', $this->server));
+		$mail->Subject = psm_parse_msg($this->status_new, 'email_subject', $this->server);
 		$mail->Priority	= 1;
 
 		$body = psm_parse_msg($this->status_new, 'email_body', $this->server);
-		$mail->Body		= utf8_decode($body);
-		$mail->AltBody	= str_replace('<br/>', "\n", $body);
+		$mail->Body = $body;
+		$mail->AltBody = str_replace('<br/>', "\n", $body);
 
         if(psm_get_conf('log_email')) {
             $log_id = psm_add_log($this->server_id, 'email', $body);
@@ -330,4 +330,4 @@ class StatusNotifier {
 		");
 		return $users;
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}