diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index 4a6aa36a4..0a2c4debb 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:  50_TelegramBot: captions for Images / special chars in Contacts
   - feature: YAMAHA_AVR: new set command presetUp and presetDown for preset
              selection in the current input
   - added:   52_I2C_GY30_BH1750FVI: modul i2c light intensity sensor
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/50_TelegramBot.pm b/fhem/FHEM/50_TelegramBot.pm
index 0e4892eb2..f77200c45 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/50_TelegramBot.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/50_TelegramBot.pm
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@
 #   added allowedCommands and doc (with modification of allowed_... device)
 #   allowedCommands only modified on the allowed_... device
 # 1.7 2016-05-05 reply set command / allowedCommands as restriction
+
+#   fix for addPar (Caption) on photos in SendIt
+#   fix for contact list UTF8 encoding on restart
 #   
 #   
 ##############################################################################
@@ -353,6 +356,7 @@ sub TelegramBot_State($$$$) {
 #  Log3 $hash->{NAME}, 4, "TelegramBot_State called with :$name: value :$value:";
 
   if ($name eq 'Contacts')  {
+    $value = TelegramBot_PutToUTF8( $value );
     TelegramBot_CalcContactsHash( $hash, $value );
     Log3 $hash->{NAME}, 4, "TelegramBot_State Contacts hash has now :".scalar(keys %{$hash->{Contacts}}).":";
   }
@@ -1258,6 +1262,7 @@ sub TelegramBot_SendIt($$$$$;$$)
       # add caption
       if ( defined( $addPar ) ) {
         $ret = TelegramBot_AddMultipart($hash, \%TelegramBot_hu_do_params, "caption", undef, $addPar, 0 ) if ( ! defined( $ret ) );
+        $addPar = undef;
       }
       
       # add msg or file or stream