diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 33bedad..ef6aef4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 COMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 TD_COMMIT := "8517026415e75a8eec567774072cbbbbb52376c1"
-VERSION := "v1.7.5"
+VERSION := "v1.7.6"
 MAKEOPTS := "-j4"
 
 all:
diff --git a/telegabber.go b/telegabber.go
index 37d5890..3802764 100644
--- a/telegabber.go
+++ b/telegabber.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	goxmpp "gosrc.io/xmpp"
 )
 
-var version string = "1.7.5"
+var version string = "1.7.6"
 var commit string
 
 var sm *goxmpp.StreamManager
diff --git a/xmpp/handlers.go b/xmpp/handlers.go
index e85dfc9..36f9cf9 100644
--- a/xmpp/handlers.go
+++ b/xmpp/handlers.go
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ func HandleMessage(s xmpp.Sender, p stanza.Packet) {
 							"end": body.End,
 						}).Warn(errors.Wrap(err, "Failed to parse fallback end!"))
 					}
-					text = text[:start] + text[end:]
+
+					fullRunes := []rune(text)
+					cutRunes := make([]rune, 0, len(text)-int(end-start))
+					cutRunes = append(cutRunes, fullRunes[:start]...)
+					cutRunes = append(cutRunes, fullRunes[end:]...)
+					text = string(cutRunes)
 				}
 			}
 			var replaceId int64