@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious';

 use Carp 'croak';

 use DBIx::Custom;

-use Encode qw/encode decode/;

 use Gitprep::API;

 use Gitprep::Git;

 use Gitprep::Manager;

@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ sub description {

   else {

     # Read description

     return unless -f $file;

-    my $description = $self->_slurp($file) || '';

+    my $description = $self->_dec($self->_slurp($file) || '');

     return $description;

   }

 }

@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ sub _slurp {

   # Slurp

   open my $fh, '<', $file

     or croak qq/Can't open file "$file": $!/;

-  my $content = do { local $/; $self->_dec(scalar <$fh>) };

+  my $content = do { local $/; scalar <$fh> };

   close $fh;

   return $content;