diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index 623088536..f03687402 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - bugfix:  74_AMADDevice: fix decode_utf8 call in eval
   - feature: 57_Calendar: reduce memory footprint (forum #74481)
   - bugfix:  74_AMADDevice: fix openurl bug
   - bugfix:  49_SSCam: "uninitialized value in pattern ..." on fhem start
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/74_AMADDevice.pm b/fhem/FHEM/74_AMADDevice.pm
index 795d1f1b0..244da3ca6 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/74_AMADDevice.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/74_AMADDevice.pm
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ eval "use Encode qw(encode encode_utf8);1" or $missingModul .= "Encode ";
 eval "use JSON;1" or $missingModul .= "JSON ";
 
 
-my $modulversion = "4.0.2";
+my $modulversion = "4.0.3";
 my $flowsetversion = "4.0.0";
 
 
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ sub AMADDevice_Parse($$) {
     my $name            = $io_hash->{NAME};
 
 
-    my $decode_json     = eval{decode_json(encode_utf8($json))};
+    my $decode_json     = eval{decode_json($json)};
     if($@){
         Log3 $name, 3, "AMADDevice ($name) - JSON error while request: $@";
         return;