diff --git a/app/http/endpoints/api/forms/createform.go b/app/http/endpoints/api/forms/createform.go
index 5f7bfca..f725146 100644
--- a/app/http/endpoints/api/forms/createform.go
+++ b/app/http/endpoints/api/forms/createform.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/TicketsBot-cloud/dashboard/app"
 	"github.com/TicketsBot-cloud/dashboard/app/http/audit"
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ func CreateForm(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if len(data.Title) > 45 {
-		c.JSON(400, utils.ErrorStr("Form title must be 45 characters or less (current: %d characters)", len(data.Title)))
+	if utf8.RuneCountInString(data.Title) > 45 {
+		c.JSON(400, utils.ErrorStr("Form title must be 45 characters or less (current: %d characters)", utf8.RuneCountInString(data.Title)))
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/http/endpoints/api/forms/updateform.go b/app/http/endpoints/api/forms/updateform.go
index 9547e6d..29dfce5 100644
--- a/app/http/endpoints/api/forms/updateform.go
+++ b/app/http/endpoints/api/forms/updateform.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/TicketsBot-cloud/dashboard/app"
 	"github.com/TicketsBot-cloud/dashboard/app/http/audit"
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ func UpdateForm(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if len(data.Title) > 45 {
-		c.JSON(400, utils.ErrorStr("Form title must be 45 characters or less (current: %d characters)", len(data.Title)))
+	if utf8.RuneCountInString(data.Title) > 45 {
+		c.JSON(400, utils.ErrorStr("Form title must be 45 characters or less (current: %d characters)", utf8.RuneCountInString(data.Title)))
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/http/endpoints/api/panel/validation.go b/app/http/endpoints/api/panel/validation.go
index 9d849f4..8c5b542 100644
--- a/app/http/endpoints/api/panel/validation.go
+++ b/app/http/endpoints/api/panel/validation.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func panelValidators() []validation.Validator[PanelValidationContext] {
 
 func validateTitle(ctx PanelValidationContext) validation.ValidationFunc {
 	return func() error {
-		if len(ctx.Data.Title) > 80 {
+		if utf8.RuneCountInString(ctx.Data.Title) > 80 {
 			return validation.NewInvalidInputError("Panel title must be less than 80 characters")
 		}
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func validateTitle(ctx PanelValidationContext) validation.ValidationFunc {
 
 func validateContent(ctx PanelValidationContext) validation.ValidationFunc {
 	return func() error {
-		if len(ctx.Data.Content) > 4096 {
+		if utf8.RuneCountInString(ctx.Data.Content) > 4096 {
 			return validation.NewInvalidInputError("Panel content must be less than 4096 characters")
 		}
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func validateButtonStyle(ctx PanelValidationContext) validation.ValidationFunc {
 
 func validateButtonLabel(ctx PanelValidationContext) validation.ValidationFunc {
 	return func() error {
-		if len(ctx.Data.ButtonLabel) > 80 {
+		if utf8.RuneCountInString(ctx.Data.ButtonLabel) > 80 {
 			return validation.NewInvalidInputError("Button label must be less than 80 characters")
 		}
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func validateNamingScheme(ctx PanelValidationContext) validation.ValidationFunc
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		if len(*ctx.Data.NamingScheme) > 100 {
+		if utf8.RuneCountInString(*ctx.Data.NamingScheme) > 100 {
 			return validation.NewInvalidInputError("Naming scheme must be less than 100 characters")
 		}