--- mod_irc/mod_irc.erl.orig	2006-11-19 14:40:02.463429250 +0100
+++ mod_irc/mod_irc.erl	2006-11-19 14:40:25.888893250 +0100
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 -include("ejabberd.hrl").
 -include("jlib.hrl").
 
--define(DEFAULT_IRC_ENCODING, "koi8-r").
+-define(DEFAULT_IRC_ENCODING, "utf-8").
 
 -record(irc_connection, {jid_server_host, pid}).
 -record(irc_custom, {us_host, data}).