diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a9eb77..8d0c440 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ This project provides a Java client to manipulate Mikrotik routers using the rem
 
 ## Versions
 
-**The current stable version is 3.0.2**
+**The current stable version is 3.0.3**
 
-Version 3.0.2 fixes a bug where file download and some other multi-line content results causes the API call to time out, rather than return a result. This was reported in #43 and fixed by #37.
+Version 3.0.3 fixes a problem with the encoding of non-English characters when sending commands to RouterOS. See #40 for more details. 
 
 ### Changes in version 3.0:
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Maven users can use the artifact from Maven Central with this dependency:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>me.legrange</groupId>
   <artifactId>mikrotik</artifactId>
-  <version>3.0.2</version>
+  <version>3.0.3</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f24e01c..3a90ed7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <groupId>me.legrange</groupId>
     <artifactId>mikrotik</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.2</version>
+    <version>3.0.3</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Mikrotik API Java Client Library</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/legrange/mikrotik/impl/Util.java b/src/main/java/me/legrange/mikrotik/impl/Util.java
index 4979929..3ade326 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/legrange/mikrotik/impl/Util.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/legrange/mikrotik/impl/Util.java
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ final class Util {
      * stream.
      */
     private static void encode(String word, OutputStream out) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, IOException {
-//        byte bytes[] = word.getBytes("US-ASCII");
         byte bytes[] = word.getBytes("UTF-8");
         int len = bytes.length;
         if (len < 0x80) {