diff --git a/mail2sms b/mail2sms
index 92e79c8..5d397cd 100755
--- a/mail2sms
+++ b/mail2sms
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ EX_OK=0
 #############
 
 def decode(text, prefer_encoding=None):
-	try_enc=['iso-8859-15', 'utf-8']
+	try_enc=['utf-8', 'iso-8859-15']
 	if prefer_encoding:
 		try_enc.insert(0,prefer_encoding)
 	for i in try_enc:
@@ -316,8 +316,7 @@ for header in ('To', 'CC', 'BCC'):
 		logging.debug('Mail header %s : "%s"' % (header, mail_tos))
 		if isinstance(mail_tos, list):
 			for (to, encoding) in mail_tos:
-				if encoding is not None:
-					to=to.decode(encoding)
+				to=decode(to, encoding)
 				to=mail_address_to_phone_number(to)
 				if to and to not in sms_recipients:
 					sms_recipients.append(to)
@@ -336,8 +335,7 @@ if isinstance(raw_mail_subject, str):
 	mail_subjects=email.header.decode_header(raw_mail_subject)
 	if isinstance(mail_subjects, list):
 		for (subject, encoding) in mail_subjects:
-			if encoding is not None:
-				subject=subject.decode(encoding)
+			subject=decode(subject, encoding)
 			mail_subject+=subject
 		logging.debug(u'Mail subject : "%s"' % mail_subject)
 		sms_content=mail_subject+u"\n"