diff --git a/src/Text.hh b/src/Text.hh
index 49205b88..a7ea96da 100644
--- a/src/Text.hh
+++ b/src/Text.hh
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ struct pstring {
           auto ret = tt_utf8_to_ascii(this->data, Bytes, s.data(), s.size(), true);
           this->clear_after(ret.bytes_written);
           if (Encoding == TextEncoding::CHALLENGE8) {
-            encrypt_challenge_rank_text_t<le_uint16_t>(this->data, Bytes);
+            encrypt_challenge_rank_text_t<uint8_t>(this->data, Bytes);
           }
           break;
         }
diff --git a/tests/GC-Episode3TrialEditionLobbySmokeTest.test.txt b/tests/GC-Episode3TrialEditionLobbySmokeTest.test.txt
index 490b2761..442257b3 100644
--- a/tests/GC-Episode3TrialEditionLobbySmokeTest.test.txt
+++ b/tests/GC-Episode3TrialEditionLobbySmokeTest.test.txt
@@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ I 25793 2023-11-24 23:03:44 - [Commands] Sending to C-5 (Tali) (version=GC_EP3_T
 00B0 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |
 00C0 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |
 00D0 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |
-00E0 | 4F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | O
+00E0 | 4F 75 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | Ou
 00F0 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |
 0100 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |
 0110 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |