diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 457e8f2..e8b658f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ checksum = "826e7639553986605ec5979c7dd957c7895e93eabed50ab2ffa7f6128a75097c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "urbit-q"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.4"
 dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "phf",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5fe2e85..bc5a2b9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "urbit-q"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.4"
 authors = ["k2l8m11n2"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Encode and decode data in Urbit's @q format"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index fa38104..6d50f95 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ pub fn encode(input: &[u8]) -> String {
 /// decode("hello world"); // None
 /// ```
 pub fn decode(input: &str) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
-    if !input.is_ascii() {
-        return None;
-    }
     let mut input_bytes = Vec::from(input);
     input_bytes.retain(|x| *x != ('-' as u8) && *x != (' ' as u8));
     if input_bytes.len() == 3 {