diff --git a/src/dsd_alias.c b/src/dsd_alias.c
index 3add22a..ece4e08 100644
--- a/src/dsd_alias.c
+++ b/src/dsd_alias.c
@@ -794,30 +794,25 @@ void dmr_talker_alias_lc_decode (dsd_opts * opts, dsd_state * state, uint8_t slo
   }
   else if (char_size == 16)
   {
+    setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); //needed when encoded alias contains Chinese (or probably any non-roman charset that isn't default on users terminal)
     for (i = 0; i < end; i++)
     {
       uint16_t character = (uint16_t)ConvertBitIntoBytes(&state->dmr_pdu_sf[slot][(i*16)], 16);
       char ch[2]; ch[0] = character & 0xFF; ch[1] = 0;
-      // if (character >= 0x20 && character <= 0x7E) //Standard ASCII Set //may see what happens if this is disabled
-      if (character >= 0x20 && character != 0x7F) //will want to next, but should be okay (unless RAS or CRC Bypass)
-      {
+      
+      if (character >= 0x20 && character != 0x7F)
         fprintf (stderr, "%lc", character);
-        strcat (alias_string, ch);
-      }
-      // else if (character == 0)
-      // {
-      //   strcat (alias_string, " ");
-      //   fprintf (stderr, " ");
-      //   break;
-      // }
-      else
-      {
+      else fprintf (stderr, " ");
+
+      if (character == 0)
         strcat (alias_string, " ");
-        fprintf (stderr, " ");
-      }
+      else if (character >= 0x20 && character <= 0xFE)
+        strcat (alias_string, ch);
+      else
+        strcat (alias_string, "*");
 
       //debug
-      // fprintf (stderr, " %04X, ", character);
+      // fprintf (stderr, " [%04X], ", character);
     }
   }