diff --git a/nnfc.awk b/nnfc.awk
index 6ba965d..7ee2b59 100644
--- a/nnfc.awk
+++ b/nnfc.awk
@@ -288,13 +288,13 @@ BEGIN { # main code part
   }
   fc_deal = fc_lstate # save the deal number
   asplit("A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T J Q K", cvals, " ") # card values
-  suits[0] = ASCII ? "c" : "\xe2\x99\xa3" # clubs
-  suits[1] = ASCII ? "d" : "\xe2\x99\xa6" # diamonds
-  suits[2] = ASCII ? "h" : "\xe2\x99\xa5" # hearts
-  suits[3] = ASCII ? "s" : "\xe2\x99\xa0" # spades
-  cstart[0] = MONOCHROME ? "" : "\x1b[31m" # red
-  cstart[1] = MONOCHROME ? "" : "\x1b[37m" # black (white)
-  cend = MONOCHROME ? "" : "\x1b[39m" # reset color
+  suits[0] = ASCII ? "c" : "\342\231\243" # clubs
+  suits[1] = ASCII ? "d" : "\342\231\246" # diamonds
+  suits[2] = ASCII ? "h" : "\342\231\245" # hearts
+  suits[3] = ASCII ? "s" : "\342\231\240" # spades
+  cstart[0] = MONOCHROME ? "" : "\033[31m" # red
+  cstart[1] = MONOCHROME ? "" : "\033[37m" # black (white)
+  cend = MONOCHROME ? "" : "\033[39m" # reset color
   split("", usedinds) # init used indices cache
   split("", cardstr) # init card strings array (exactly 3 char long each)
   for(i=0;i<52;i++) { # populate it