diff --git a/config/example.json b/config/example.json
index f0220bb..2dd6f28 100644
--- a/config/example.json
+++ b/config/example.json
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@
                             [
                                 "\u001b[31mMessage could not be empty!\u001b[0m"
                             ],
+                            "encoding":
+                            [
+                                "\u001b[31mInvalid message encoding!\u001b[0m"
+                            ],
                             "internal":
                             [
                                 "\u001b[31mSomething went wrong, please make your feedback!\u001b[0m",
diff --git a/src/Server/Ratchet.php b/src/Server/Ratchet.php
index 911bc60..26b6f13 100644
--- a/src/Server/Ratchet.php
+++ b/src/Server/Ratchet.php
@@ -194,6 +194,17 @@ class Ratchet implements MessageComponentInterface
                     );
                 }
 
+                // Check message encoding valid
+                else if (!mb_check_encoding($connection->message, 'UTF-8'))
+                {
+                    $connection->send(
+                        implode(
+                            PHP_EOL,
+                            $config->response->submit->failure->encoding
+                        ) . PHP_EOL
+                    );
+                }
+
                 // Max length already checked on input, begin message save
                 else
                 {