diff --git a/packages/admin.gbapp/dialogs/AdminDialog.ts b/packages/admin.gbapp/dialogs/AdminDialog.ts
index 322d8f2a..40d83d65 100644
--- a/packages/admin.gbapp/dialogs/AdminDialog.ts
+++ b/packages/admin.gbapp/dialogs/AdminDialog.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export class AdminDialog extends IGBDialog {
           const text: string = step.result;
           const cmdName = text.split(' ')[0];
 
-          step.context.sendActivity(Messages[locale].working(cmdName));
+          await step.context.sendActivity(Messages[locale].working(cmdName));
           let unknownCommand = false;
 
           if (text === 'quit') {
diff --git a/packages/kb.gbapp/services/KBService.ts b/packages/kb.gbapp/services/KBService.ts
index ecf51d3b..f24f864d 100644
--- a/packages/kb.gbapp/services/KBService.ts
+++ b/packages/kb.gbapp/services/KBService.ts
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ export class KBService {
     instanceId: number,
     packageId: number
   ): Promise<GuaribasQuestion[]> {
-    const file = Fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'UCS-2');
+    const file = Fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
     const opts = {
       delimiter: '\t'
     };