encode string for routing key before truncating it

diff --git a/distbot/bot/bot.py b/distbot/bot/bot.py
index 52ba9239e0dde8b9e363437025ab415edbd07b8b..e2ce04300a48b03361c4185089aada804e3fcc60 100644 (file)
--- a/distbot/bot/bot.py
+++ b/distbot/bot/bot.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class Bot(sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP):
             else:
                 key.pop(0)
                 key.insert(0, "nick")
-        routing_key = '.'.join(key)[:254]
+        routing_key = '.'.join(key).encode("UTF-8")[:255]
         return routing_key
 
     def message(self, msg):