diff --git a/app/views/users/me.json.jbuilder b/app/views/users/me.json.jbuilder
index e2d3693ae..c6f8cdc88 100644
--- a/app/views/users/me.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/users/me.json.jbuilder
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-json.username @user.full_name
+json.username @user.full_name.to_s.each_char.select { |c| c.bytes.first < 240 }.join('')
 json.login @user.login
 json.user_id @user.id
 json.image_url url_to_avatar(@user)