diff --git a/mew.pl b/mew.pl
index 1b9faaa..436b259 100644
--- a/mew.pl
+++ b/mew.pl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if ($input =~ /[\x80-\x{ffff}]/o) {
    $output = encode('MIME-Q', $input);
    $output =~ s/=20/_/g;
 } else {
-   $output =  decode('MIME-Q', $input);
+   $output =  decode('MIME-Header', $input);
 };
 
 print "$output\n";