diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index 6023eda02..1f582fccd 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - bugfix:  74_AMADDevice: Version 4.0.1 Charset utf8
   - changed: 93_DBLog: V.2.21.3, commandref revised
   - new:     74_AMADDevice: New Version of AMAD (AMADNG) Verion 4.0
   - new:     73_AMADCommBridge: New Version of AMAD (AMADNG) Verion 4.0
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/74_AMADDevice.pm b/fhem/FHEM/74_AMADDevice.pm
index 6410b4631..77dcddfc3 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/74_AMADDevice.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/74_AMADDevice.pm
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ eval "use Encode qw(encode encode_utf8);1" or $missingModul .= "Encode ";
 eval "use JSON;1" or $missingModul .= "JSON ";
 
 
-my $modulversion = "4.0.0";
+my $modulversion = "4.0.1";
 my $flowsetversion = "4.0.0";
 
 
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ sub AMADDevice_WriteReadings($$) {
         
         $v =~ s/\bnull\b/off/g if( ($t eq "nextAlarmDay" or $t eq "nextAlarmTime") and $v eq "null" );
         $v =~ s/\bnull\b//g;
+        $v = encode_utf8($v);
         
         readingsBulkUpdateIfChanged($hash, $t, $v, 1) if( defined( $v ) and ($t ne 'deviceState'
                                                             or $t ne 'incomingCallerName'