diff -ur sselp-0.1/sselp.c sselp-0.1h/sselp.c
--- sselp-0.1/sselp.c	2006-10-13 13:11:28.000000000 +0400
+++ sselp-0.1h/sselp.c	2008-04-17 09:14:02.000000000 +0400
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 
 static unsigned char *
 getselection(unsigned long offset, unsigned long *len, unsigned long *remain) {
-	Display *dpy;
+  Display *dpy;
+  Atom utf8_string;
 	Atom xa_clip_string;
 	Window w;
 	XEvent ev;
@@ -36,9 +37,10 @@
 	if(!dpy)
 		return NULL;
 	xa_clip_string = XInternAtom(dpy, "BLITZ_SEL_STRING", False);
+	utf8_string = XInternAtom(dpy, "UTF8_STRING", False);
 	w = XCreateSimpleWindow(dpy, DefaultRootWindow(dpy), 10, 10, 200, 200,
 			1, CopyFromParent, CopyFromParent);
-	XConvertSelection(dpy, XA_PRIMARY, XA_STRING, xa_clip_string,
+	XConvertSelection(dpy, XA_PRIMARY, utf8_string, xa_clip_string,
 			w, CurrentTime);
 	XFlush(dpy);
 	XNextEvent(dpy, &ev);