diff --git a/Content.Client/ADT/Administration/ExportManager.cs b/Content.Client/ADT/Administration/ExportManager.cs
index 190f577a27a..c2d2e96b85f 100644
--- a/Content.Client/ADT/Administration/ExportManager.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/ADT/Administration/ExportManager.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public override async void Load(ExportYmlMessage msg)
 
             if (data != null)
             {
-                await stream.WriteAsync(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data));
+                await stream.WriteAsync(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data));
                 await stream.FlushAsync();
                 await stream.DisposeAsync();
                 return;
diff --git a/Content.Shared/ADT/Administration/ExportMessage.cs b/Content.Shared/ADT/Administration/ExportMessage.cs
index ce8b4fcfe8b..b9b6fff252f 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/ADT/Administration/ExportMessage.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/ADT/Administration/ExportMessage.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Text;
 using Lidgren.Network;
 using Robust.Shared.Network;
 using Robust.Shared.Serialization;
@@ -12,11 +13,21 @@ public sealed class ExportYmlMessage : NetMessage
 
     public override void ReadFromBuffer(NetIncomingMessage buffer, IRobustSerializer serializer)
     {
-        Data = buffer.ReadString();
+        // Read the length of the byte array
+        int length = buffer.ReadInt32();
+        // Read the byte array
+        byte[] dataBytes = buffer.ReadBytes(length);
+        // Decode the byte array to a string using UTF-8 encoding
+        Data = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(dataBytes);
     }
 
     public override void WriteToBuffer(NetOutgoingMessage buffer, IRobustSerializer serializer)
     {
-        buffer.Write(Data);
+        // Encode the string to a byte array using UTF-8 encoding
+        byte[] dataBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Data);
+        // Write the length of the byte array
+        buffer.Write(dataBytes.Length);
+        // Write the byte array
+        buffer.Write(dataBytes);
     }
 }