diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index fbb68289f4..5d19981032 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <ConfirmationsSetting value="0" id="Add" />
     <ConfirmationsSetting value="0" id="Remove" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" default="true" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_7" default="true" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
   </component>
   <component name="ProjectType">
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/info/nightscout/androidaps/plugins/SmsCommunicator/SmsCommunicatorPlugin.java b/app/src/main/java/info/nightscout/androidaps/plugins/SmsCommunicator/SmsCommunicatorPlugin.java
index 71963ff219..4f18516349 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/info/nightscout/androidaps/plugins/SmsCommunicator/SmsCommunicatorPlugin.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/info/nightscout/androidaps/plugins/SmsCommunicator/SmsCommunicatorPlugin.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import com.squareup.otto.Subscribe;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.text.Normalizer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -226,11 +227,16 @@ public class SmsCommunicatorPlugin implements PluginBase {
                 bolusWaitingForConfirmation = null;
                 newSms.processed = true;
             }
-            smsManager.sendTextMessage(newSms.phoneNumber, null, newSms.text, null, null);
+            smsManager.sendTextMessage(newSms.phoneNumber, null, stripAccents(newSms.text), null, null);
             messages.add(newSms);
         }
         MainApp.bus().post(new EventSmsCommunicatorUpdateGui());
     }
 
-
+    public static String stripAccents(String s)
+    {
+        s = Normalizer.normalize(s, Normalizer.Form.NFD);
+        s = s.replaceAll("[\\p{InCombiningDiacriticalMarks}]", "");
+        return s;
+    }
 }