diff --git a/notifications_client.py b/notifications_client.py
index 8a8d7548a..48f243bc7 100644
--- a/notifications_client.py
+++ b/notifications_client.py
@@ -461,8 +461,7 @@ def _showLocalBox(notifyJson: {}, boxName: str,
         else:
             while len(name) < 16:
                 name += ' '
-        udata = speakerJson['content']
-        content = udata.encode("ascii","ignore").decode().strip()
+        content = speakerJson['content']
         if speakerJson.get('detectedLinks'):
             if len(speakerJson['detectedLinks']) > 0:
                 content = '🔗' + content
@@ -472,7 +471,7 @@ def _showLocalBox(notifyJson: {}, boxName: str,
             while len(content) < 40:
                 content += ' '
         print(indent + str(posStr) + ' | ' + name + ' | ' +
-              published + ' | ' + content + ' |')
+              published + ' | ' + content)
         ctr += 1
 
     print('')