diff --git a/display.c b/display.c
index f14c043..55b5696 100644
--- a/display.c
+++ b/display.c
@@ -1155,9 +1155,10 @@ static void modeline(struct window *wp)
 	else
 		vtputc(lchar);
 
-	n = 2;
+	vtputc( ' ') ;
+	n = 3 ;
 
-	cp = " " PROGRAM_NAME_LONG " " VERSION ": " ;
+	cp = &PROGRAM_NAME_LONG " " VERSION ": " [ 1] ;	/* Start past utf8 mark */
 	while ((c = *cp++) != 0) {
 		vtputc(c);
 		++n;
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 57fc82c..e76b0ed 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # define PROGRAM_NAME "em"
 #endif
 
-#define PROGRAM_NAME_LONG "uEMACS"
+#define PROGRAM_NAME_LONG "\xC2\xB5""EMACS"	/* utf8 µEMACS */
 
 #define VERSION "4.1.1"