diff --git a/lib/cake_pay/cake_pay_api.dart b/lib/cake_pay/cake_pay_api.dart
index 68aba3f3e..5f1a350c0 100644
--- a/lib/cake_pay/cake_pay_api.dart
+++ b/lib/cake_pay/cake_pay_api.dart
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ class CakePayApi {
 
     var headers = {
       'accept': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
       'Authorization': 'Api-Key $apiKey',
     };
 
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ class CakePayApi {
           'Failed to fetch vendors: statusCode - ${response.statusCode}, queryParams -$queryParams, response - ${response.body}');
     }
 
-    final bodyJson = json.decode(response.body);
+    final bodyJson = json.decode(utf8.decode(response.bodyBytes));
 
     if (bodyJson is List<dynamic> && bodyJson.isEmpty) {
       return [];
diff --git a/lib/cake_pay/cake_pay_card.dart b/lib/cake_pay/cake_pay_card.dart
index d3f07e409..82ba179e6 100644
--- a/lib/cake_pay/cake_pay_card.dart
+++ b/lib/cake_pay/cake_pay_card.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import 'dart:convert';
-
 import 'package:cake_wallet/entities/fiat_currency.dart';
 
 class CakePayCard {
@@ -38,17 +36,11 @@ class CakePayCard {
   });
 
   factory CakePayCard.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
+
     final name = stripHtmlIfNeeded(json['name'] as String? ?? '');
-    final decodedName = fixEncoding(name);
-
     final description = stripHtmlIfNeeded(json['description'] as String? ?? '');
-    final decodedDescription = fixEncoding(description);
-
     final termsAndConditions = stripHtmlIfNeeded(json['terms_and_conditions'] as String? ?? '');
-    final decodedTermsAndConditions = fixEncoding(termsAndConditions);
-
     final howToUse = stripHtmlIfNeeded(json['how_to_use'] as String? ?? '');
-    final decodedHowToUse = fixEncoding(howToUse);
 
     final fiatCurrency = FiatCurrency.deserialize(raw: json['currency_code'] as String? ?? '');
 
@@ -59,10 +51,10 @@ class CakePayCard {
 
     return CakePayCard(
       id: json['id'] as int? ?? 0,
-      name: decodedName,
-      description: decodedDescription,
-      termsAndConditions: decodedTermsAndConditions,
-      howToUse: decodedHowToUse,
+      name: name,
+      description: description,
+      termsAndConditions: termsAndConditions,
+      howToUse: howToUse,
       expiryAndValidity: json['expiry_and_validity'] as String?,
       cardImageUrl: json['card_image_url'] as String?,
       country: json['country'] as String?,
@@ -79,13 +71,4 @@ class CakePayCard {
   static String stripHtmlIfNeeded(String text) {
     return text.replaceAll(RegExp(r'<[^>]*>|&[^;]+;'), ' ');
   }
-
-  static String fixEncoding(String text) {
-    try {
-      final bytes = latin1.encode(text);
-      return utf8.decode(bytes, allowMalformed: true);
-    } catch (_) {
-      return text;
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/cake_pay/cake_pay_vendor.dart b/lib/cake_pay/cake_pay_vendor.dart
index 564896654..8ad305da0 100644
--- a/lib/cake_pay/cake_pay_vendor.dart
+++ b/lib/cake_pay/cake_pay_vendor.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import 'dart:convert';
-
 import 'cake_pay_card.dart';
 
 class CakePayVendor {
@@ -21,7 +19,6 @@ class CakePayVendor {
 
   factory CakePayVendor.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json, String country) {
     final name = stripHtmlIfNeeded(json['name'] as String);
-    final decodedName = fixEncoding(name);
 
     var cardsJson = json['cards'] as List?;
     CakePayCard? cardForVendor;
@@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ class CakePayVendor {
 
     return CakePayVendor(
       id: json['id'] as int,
-      name: decodedName,
+      name: name,
       unavailable: json['unavailable'] as bool? ?? false,
       cakeWarnings: json['cake_warnings'] as String?,
       country: country,
@@ -47,9 +44,4 @@ class CakePayVendor {
   static String stripHtmlIfNeeded(String text) {
     return text.replaceAll(RegExp(r'<[^>]*>|&[^;]+;'), ' ');
   }
-
-  static String fixEncoding(String text) {
-    final bytes = latin1.encode(text);
-    return utf8.decode(bytes, allowMalformed: true);
-  }
 }