diff --git a/serialize/msgpack.py b/serialize/msgpack.py
index 54752b5..0d14fa6 100644
--- a/serialize/msgpack.py
+++ b/serialize/msgpack.py
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ def dumps(obj):
 
 
 def loads(content):
-    return msgpack.unpackb(content, object_hook=all.decode, encoding='utf-8')
+    return msgpack.unpackb(content, object_hook=all.decode, raw=False)
 
 all.register_format('msgpack', dumps, loads)