diff --git a/Application/Application.csproj b/Application/Application.csproj
index 234d34d1..de1ecd9c 100644
--- a/Application/Application.csproj
+++ b/Application/Application.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>2.1.5</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <MvcRazorExcludeRefAssembliesFromPublish>false</MvcRazorExcludeRefAssembliesFromPublish>
     <PackageId>RaidMax.IW4MAdmin.Application</PackageId>
-    <Version>2.2.4.8</Version>
+    <Version>2.2.4.9</Version>
     <Authors>RaidMax</Authors>
     <Company>Forever None</Company>
     <Product>IW4MAdmin</Product>
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ServerGarbageCollection>true</ServerGarbageCollection>
     <TieredCompilation>true</TieredCompilation>
-    <AssemblyVersion>2.2.4.8</AssemblyVersion>
-    <FileVersion>2.2.4.8</FileVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>2.2.4.9</AssemblyVersion>
+    <FileVersion>2.2.4.9</FileVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/SharedLibraryCore/RCon/Connection.cs b/SharedLibraryCore/RCon/Connection.cs
index db129bcc..4a0fe3a7 100644
--- a/SharedLibraryCore/RCon/Connection.cs
+++ b/SharedLibraryCore/RCon/Connection.cs
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore.RCon
 
         private readonly ILogger Log;
         private IRConParserConfiguration Config;
+        private readonly Encoding defaultEncoding;
 
         public Connection(string ipAddress, int port, string password, ILogger log, IRConParserConfiguration config)
         {
             Endpoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(ipAddress), port);
+            defaultEncoding = Encoding.GetEncoding("windows-1252");
             RConPassword = password;
             Log = log;
             Config = config;
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore.RCon
             string convertEncoding(string text)
             {   
                 byte[] convertedBytes = Utilities.EncodingType.GetBytes(text);
-                return Utilities.EncodingType.GetString(convertedBytes);
+                return defaultEncoding.GetString(convertedBytes);
             }
 
             string convertedRConPassword = convertEncoding(RConPassword);
diff --git a/SharedLibraryCore/Utilities.cs b/SharedLibraryCore/Utilities.cs
index 96850087..aa739937 100644
--- a/SharedLibraryCore/Utilities.cs
+++ b/SharedLibraryCore/Utilities.cs
@@ -266,14 +266,19 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore
         public static long ConvertLong(this string str)
         {
             str = str.Substring(0, Math.Min(str.Length, 16));
-            if (long.TryParse(str, NumberStyles.HexNumber, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out long id))
+            long id;
+
+            if (str.Length <= 10)
             {
-                return id;
+                if (long.TryParse(str, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out id))
+                {
+                    return (uint)id;
+                }
             }
 
-            if (long.TryParse(str, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out id))
+            if (long.TryParse(str, NumberStyles.HexNumber, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out id))
             {
-                return (uint)id;
+                return id;
             }
 
             var bot = Regex.Match(str, @"bot[0-9]+").Value;
@@ -526,7 +531,7 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore
                 selectionIndex--;
             }
 
-            T selection = selections[selectionIndex ];
+            T selection = selections[selectionIndex];
 
             return Tuple.Create(selectionIndex, selection);
         }
@@ -650,7 +655,10 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="log"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public static bool IsRemoteLog(this string log) => (log ?? "").StartsWith("http");
+        public static bool IsRemoteLog(this string log)
+        {
+            return (log ?? "").StartsWith("http");
+        }
 
         public static string ToBase64UrlSafeString(this string src)
         {