diff --git a/protocol/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/protocol/MinecraftOutput.java b/protocol/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/protocol/MinecraftOutput.java
index 00998f81..94f6613d 100644
--- a/protocol/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/protocol/MinecraftOutput.java
+++ b/protocol/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/protocol/MinecraftOutput.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.md_5.bungee.protocol;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 public class MinecraftOutput
@@ -47,4 +48,9 @@ public class MinecraftOutput
             buf.writeChar( c );
         }
     }
+
+    public void writeStringUTF8WithoutLengthHeaderBecauseDinnerboneStuffedUpTheMCBrandPacket(String s)
+    {
+        buf.writeBytes( s.getBytes( Charset.forName( "UTF-8" ) ) );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ServerConnector.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ServerConnector.java
index 17d985e2..231893c2 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ServerConnector.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ServerConnector.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class ServerConnector extends PacketHandler
                 user.unsafe().sendPacket( modLogin );
 
                 MinecraftOutput out = new MinecraftOutput();
-                out.writeString( ProxyServer.getInstance().getName() + " (" + ProxyServer.getInstance().getVersion() + ")" );
+                out.writeStringUTF8WithoutLengthHeaderBecauseDinnerboneStuffedUpTheMCBrandPacket(ProxyServer.getInstance().getName() + " (" + ProxyServer.getInstance().getVersion() + ")" );
                 user.unsafe().sendPacket( new PacketFAPluginMessage( "MC|Brand", out.toArray() ) );
             } else
             {