diff --git a/lib/Emulation.cpp b/lib/Emulation.cpp
index c88ac12a..966797f1 100644
--- a/lib/Emulation.cpp
+++ b/lib/Emulation.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Emulation::Emulation() :
   _keyTranslator(nullptr),
   _usesMouse(false),
   _bracketedPasteMode(false),
-  _fromUtf8(QStringEncoder::Utf16)
+  _toUtf16(QStringConverter::Utf8)
 {
   // create screens with a default size
   _screen[0] = new Screen(40,80);
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ void Emulation::receiveData(const char* text, int length)
      * U+10FFFF
      * https://unicodebook.readthedocs.io/unicode_encodings.html#surrogates
      */
-    QString str = QString::fromUtf8(text, length);
-    auto encoded = _fromUtf8(str);
-    std::wstring unicodeText = encoded.data.toStdWString(); 
+    QByteArray ba(text, length);
+    QString str = _toUtf16(ba);
+    std::wstring unicodeText = str.toStdWString();
 
     //send characters to terminal emulator
     for (size_t i=0;i<unicodeText.length();i++)
diff --git a/lib/Emulation.h b/lib/Emulation.h
index 98ba2fe1..db747bcc 100644
--- a/lib/Emulation.h
+++ b/lib/Emulation.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 //#include <QPointer>
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <QTimer>
-#include <QStringEncoder>
+#include <QStringDecoder>
 
 #include "qtermwidget_export.h"
 #include "KeyboardTranslator.h"
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ private slots:
   bool _bracketedPasteMode;
   QTimer _bulkTimer1{this};
   QTimer _bulkTimer2{this};
-  QStringEncoder _fromUtf8;
+  QStringDecoder _toUtf16;
 };
 
 }