diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index d4ae8f61..f025c802 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   [BUG FIXES]
 
   * #740 more robust log rotation
+  * #762 wide character error on deploy with local oui.txt
 
 2.047002 - 2020-12-30
 
diff --git a/bin/netdisco-deploy b/bin/netdisco-deploy
index 8713f21d..f99f6f1b 100755
--- a/bin/netdisco-deploy
+++ b/bin/netdisco-deploy
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ sub deploy_oui {
   my %data = ();
 
   if (@ARGV) {
-      @lines = File::Slurper::read_lines($ARGV[0]);
+      @lines = File::Slurper::read_lines($ARGV[0], 'iso-8859-1');
   }
   else {
       my $url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdisco/upstream-sources/master/ieee/oui.txt';
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ sub deploy_oui {
 sub shorten {
     my $manuf = shift;
 
-    $manuf = decode("utf8", $manuf, Encode::FB_CROAK) unless @ARGV;
+    $manuf = decode("utf8", $manuf, Encode::FB_CROAK);
     $manuf = " " . $manuf . " ";
 
     # Remove any punctuation