diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index c0bdc8909..a1b2fe635 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -3046,7 +3046,7 @@
       reader.onload = function(e) {
         var data, err;
         try {
-          data = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(e.target.result)));
+          data = JSON.parse(e.target.result);
           Options.loadSettings(data);
           if (confirm('Import successful. Refresh now?')) {
             return window.location.reload();
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 152109283..2c112b37f 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 master
+- Mayhem
+  Fix importing settings containing unicode characters.
 
 2.39.1
 - Mayhem
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 76c722933..431aee8b6 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -2465,7 +2465,7 @@ Options =
     reader = new FileReader()
     reader.onload = (e) ->
       try
-        data = JSON.parse decodeURIComponent escape e.target.result
+        data = JSON.parse e.target.result
         Options.loadSettings data
         if confirm 'Import successful. Refresh now?'
           window.location.reload()