diff --git a/Application/RConParsers/BaseRConParser.cs b/Application/RConParsers/BaseRConParser.cs
index 1df71cb75..5fee9635c 100644
--- a/Application/RConParsers/BaseRConParser.cs
+++ b/Application/RConParsers/BaseRConParser.cs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace IW4MAdmin.Application.RConParsers
 
         public async Task<string[]> ExecuteCommandAsync(IRConConnection connection, string command, CancellationToken token = default)
         {
-            command = command.FormatMessageForEngine(Configuration?.ColorCodeMapping);
+            command = command.FormatMessageForEngine(Configuration);
             var response = await connection.SendQueryAsync(StaticHelpers.QueryType.COMMAND, command, token);
             return response.Where(item => item != Configuration.CommandPrefixes.RConResponse).ToArray();
         }
diff --git a/Application/RConParsers/DynamicRConParserConfiguration.cs b/Application/RConParsers/DynamicRConParserConfiguration.cs
index 346191fde..a2ba5818a 100644
--- a/Application/RConParsers/DynamicRConParserConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Application/RConParsers/DynamicRConParserConfiguration.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace IW4MAdmin.Application.RConParsers
         public int? DefaultRConPort { get; set; }
         public string DefaultInstallationDirectoryHint { get; set; }
         public short FloodProtectInterval { get; set; } = 750;
+        public bool ShouldRemoveDiacritics { get; set; }
 
         public ColorCodeMapping ColorCodeMapping { get; set; } = new ColorCodeMapping
         {
diff --git a/Plugins/ScriptPlugins/ParserPT6.js b/Plugins/ScriptPlugins/ParserPT6.js
index 01e839d71..d73481bc4 100644
--- a/Plugins/ScriptPlugins/ParserPT6.js
+++ b/Plugins/ScriptPlugins/ParserPT6.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ var eventParser;
 
 var plugin = {
     author: 'RaidMax, Xerxes',
-    version: 1.2,
+    version: 1.3,
     name: 'Plutonium T6 Parser',
     isParser: true,
 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ var plugin = {
         rconParser.Configuration.NoticeLineSeparator = '. ';
         rconParser.Configuration.DefaultRConPort = 4976;
         rconParser.Configuration.DefaultInstallationDirectoryHint = '{LocalAppData}/Plutonium/storage/t6';
+        rconParser.Configuration.ShouldRemoveDiacritics = true;
 
         rconParser.Configuration.StatusHeader.Pattern = 'num +score +bot +ping +guid +name +lastmsg +address +qport +rate *';
         rconParser.Configuration.Status.Pattern = '^ *([0-9]+) +([0-9]+) +(?:[0-1]{1}) +([0-9]+) +([A-F0-9]+|0) +(.+?) +(?:[0-9]+) +(\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+\\:-?\\d{1,5}|0+\\.0+:-?\\d{1,5}|loopback) +(?:-?[0-9]+) +(?:[0-9]+) *$';
diff --git a/SharedLibraryCore/Interfaces/IRConParserConfiguration.cs b/SharedLibraryCore/Interfaces/IRConParserConfiguration.cs
index e1b9ec190..f3da4b2c8 100644
--- a/SharedLibraryCore/Interfaces/IRConParserConfiguration.cs
+++ b/SharedLibraryCore/Interfaces/IRConParserConfiguration.cs
@@ -107,5 +107,9 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore.Interfaces
         ColorCodeMapping ColorCodeMapping { get; }
 
         short FloodProtectInterval { get; }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// indicates if diacritics (accented characters) should be normalized
+        /// </summary>
+        bool ShouldRemoveDiacritics { get; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/SharedLibraryCore/PartialEntities/EFClient.cs b/SharedLibraryCore/PartialEntities/EFClient.cs
index 9815f7314..a4a881e72 100644
--- a/SharedLibraryCore/PartialEntities/EFClient.cs
+++ b/SharedLibraryCore/PartialEntities/EFClient.cs
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore.Database.Models
                     ?.CorrelationId ?? Guid.NewGuid()
             };
 
-            e.Output.Add(message.FormatMessageForEngine(CurrentServer?.RconParser.Configuration.ColorCodeMapping)
+            e.Output.Add(message.FormatMessageForEngine(CurrentServer?.RconParser.Configuration)
                 .StripColors());
 
             CurrentServer?.Manager.AddEvent(e);
diff --git a/SharedLibraryCore/Server.cs b/SharedLibraryCore/Server.cs
index f0dc10dc7..5903bd23e 100644
--- a/SharedLibraryCore/Server.cs
+++ b/SharedLibraryCore/Server.cs
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore
             var formattedMessage = string.Format(RconParser.Configuration.CommandPrefixes.Say ?? "",
                 $"{(CustomSayEnabled && GameName == Game.IW4 ? $"{CustomSayName}: " : "")}{message}");
             ServerLogger.LogDebug("All-> {Message}",
-                message.FormatMessageForEngine(RconParser.Configuration.ColorCodeMapping).StripColors());
+                message.FormatMessageForEngine(RconParser.Configuration).StripColors());
 
             var e = new GameEvent
             {
@@ -289,13 +289,13 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore
             else
             {
                 ServerLogger.LogDebug("Tell[{ClientNumber}]->{Message}", targetClient.ClientNumber,
-                    message.FormatMessageForEngine(RconParser.Configuration.ColorCodeMapping).StripColors());
+                    message.FormatMessageForEngine(RconParser.Configuration).StripColors());
             }
 
             if (targetClient.Level == Data.Models.Client.EFClient.Permission.Console)
             {
                 Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
-                var cleanMessage = message.FormatMessageForEngine(RconParser.Configuration.ColorCodeMapping)
+                var cleanMessage = message.FormatMessageForEngine(RconParser.Configuration)
                     .StripColors();
                 using (LogContext.PushProperty("Server", ToString()))
                 {
diff --git a/SharedLibraryCore/Utilities.cs b/SharedLibraryCore/Utilities.cs
index d8b8d91b0..0bcaf4742 100644
--- a/SharedLibraryCore/Utilities.cs
+++ b/SharedLibraryCore/Utilities.cs
@@ -170,10 +170,28 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore
         {
             return str.Replace("//", "/ /");
         }
-
-        public static string FormatMessageForEngine(this string str, ColorCodeMapping mapping)
+        
+        public static string RemoveDiacritics(this string text) 
         {
-            if (mapping == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(str))
+            var normalizedString = text.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormD);
+            var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(normalizedString.Length);
+
+            foreach (var c in from c in normalizedString
+                     let unicodeCategory = CharUnicodeInfo.GetUnicodeCategory(c)
+                     where unicodeCategory != UnicodeCategory.NonSpacingMark
+                     select c)
+            {
+                stringBuilder.Append(c);
+            }
+
+            return stringBuilder
+                .ToString()
+                .Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormC);
+        }
+
+        public static string FormatMessageForEngine(this string str, IRConParserConfiguration config)
+        {
+            if (config == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(str))
             {
                 return str;
             }
@@ -184,7 +202,12 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore
             foreach (var match in colorCodeMatches.Where(m => m.Success))
             {
                 var key = match.Groups[1].ToString();
-                output = output.Replace(match.Value, mapping.TryGetValue(key, out var code) ? code : "");
+                output = output.Replace(match.Value, config.ColorCodeMapping.TryGetValue(key, out var code) ? code : "");
+            }
+
+            if (config.ShouldRemoveDiacritics)
+            {
+                output = output.RemoveDiacritics();
             }
 
             return output.FixIW4ForwardSlash();