diff --git a/core/ftn_mail_packet.js b/core/ftn_mail_packet.js
index 0ef88a9e..c3fa1233 100644
--- a/core/ftn_mail_packet.js
+++ b/core/ftn_mail_packet.js
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 /* jslint node: true */
 'use strict';
 
-let ftn				= require('./ftn_util.js');
-let Message			= require('./message.js');
-let sauce			= require('./sauce.js');
-let Address			= require('./ftn_address.js');
-let strUtil			= require('./string_util.js');
+const ftn			= require('./ftn_util.js');
+const Message		= require('./message.js');
+const sauce			= require('./sauce.js');
+const Address		= require('./ftn_address.js');
+const strUtil		= require('./string_util.js');
+const Log			= require('./logger.js').log;
 
-let _				= require('lodash');
-let assert			= require('assert');
-let binary			= require('binary');
-let fs				= require('fs');
-let async			= require('async');
-let iconv			= require('iconv-lite');
-let moment			= require('moment');
+const _				= require('lodash');
+const assert		= require('assert');
+const binary		= require('binary');
+const fs			= require('fs');
+const async			= require('async');
+const iconv			= require('iconv-lite');
+const moment		= require('moment');
 
 exports.Packet			= Packet;
 
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ function Packet(options) {
 					try {
 						decoded = iconv.decode(messageBodyBuffer, encoding);
 					} catch(e) {
-						//	:TODO: add log warning here including failure reason
+						Log.debug( { encoding : encoding, error : e.toString() }, 'Error decoding. Falling back to ASCII');
 						decoded = iconv.decode(messageBodyBuffer, 'ascii');
 					}
 					//const messageLines = iconv.decode(messageBodyBuffer, encoding).replace(/\xec/g, '').split(/\r\n|[\n\v\f\r\x85\u2028\u2029]/g);
@@ -720,12 +721,19 @@ function Packet(options) {
 
 		appendMeta('\x01PATH', message.meta.FtnKludge['PATH']);
 		
+		let msgBodyEncoded;
+		try {
+			msgBodyEncoded = iconv.encode(msgBody + '\0', options.encoding);
+		} catch(e) {
+			msgBodyEncoded = iconv.encode(msgBody + '\0', 'ascii');
+		}
+		
 		return Buffer.concat( [ 
 			basicHeader, 
 			toUserNameBuf, 
 			fromUserNameBuf, 
 			subjectBuf,
-			iconv.encode(msgBody + '\0', options.encoding) 
+			msgBodyEncoded 
 		]);
 	};
 
diff --git a/core/message_area.js b/core/message_area.js
index 87d4db3d..45cd7301 100644
--- a/core/message_area.js
+++ b/core/message_area.js
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ function getNewMessagesInAreaForUser(userId, areaTag, cb) {
 					sql += 
 						` AND message_id in (
 						SELECT message_id from message_meta where meta_category ="System" 
-						AND meta_name ="${Message.SystemMetaNames.LocalToUserID}" AND meta_value =${userId})`;
+						AND meta_name = "${Message.SystemMetaNames.LocalToUserID}" AND meta_value = ${userId})`;
 				}
 
 				sql += ' ORDER BY message_id;';
diff --git a/core/scanner_tossers/ftn_bso.js b/core/scanner_tossers/ftn_bso.js
index e9de2147..f2075d3f 100644
--- a/core/scanner_tossers/ftn_bso.js
+++ b/core/scanner_tossers/ftn_bso.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const temp					= require('temp').track();	//	track() cleans up temp dir/files fo
 const assert				= require('assert');
 const gaze					= require('gaze');
 const fse					= require('fs-extra');
+const iconv					= require('iconv-lite');
 
 exports.moduleInfo = {
 	name	: 'FTN BSO',
@@ -359,6 +360,7 @@ function FTNMessageScanTossModule() {
 		//
 		//	Determine CHRS and actual internal encoding name
 		//	Try to preserve anything already here
+		//
 		let encoding = options.nodeConfig.encoding || 'utf8';
 		if(message.meta.FtnKludge.CHRS) {
 			const encFromChars = ftnUtil.getEncodingFromCharacterSetIdentifier(message.meta.FtnKludge.CHRS);
@@ -367,6 +369,14 @@ function FTNMessageScanTossModule() {
 			}
 		}
 		
+		//
+		//	Ensure we ended up with something useable. If not, back to utf8!
+		//
+		if(!iconv.encodingExists(encoding)) {
+			Log.debug( { encoding : encoding }, 'Unknown encoding. Falling back to utf8');
+			encoding = 'utf8';
+		} 
+		
 		options.encoding = encoding;	//	save for later
 		message.meta.FtnKludge.CHRS = ftnUtil.getCharacterSetIdentifierByEncoding(encoding);
 		//	:TODO: FLAGS kludge? 		
@@ -987,7 +997,7 @@ function FTNMessageScanTossModule() {
 							//nextFile();					
 						} else {
 							self.archivePacketFile('import', fullPath, 'imported', () => {
-								fs.unlink(fullPath, err => {
+								fs.unlink(fullPath, () => {
 									nextFile();
 								});
 							});