diff --git a/cmd/micro/micro.go b/cmd/micro/micro.go
index 01885c38..4665220b 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/micro.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/micro.go
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	encoding.Register()
+	tcell.SetEncodingFallback(tcell.EncodingFallbackASCII)
 
 	// Find the user's configuration directory (probably $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/micro)
 	InitConfigDir()