diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 1ac3744bd..52b729a85 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ class Project < ApplicationRecord
           project.image_url render_educoder_avatar_url(self.project_educoder)
         else
           user = self.owner
-          project.name user.try(:show_real_name)
+          project.name user.try(:show_real_name).to_s.each_char.select { |c| c.bytes.first < 240 }.join('')
           project.type user&.type
           project.login user.login
           project.image_url user.get_letter_avatar_url