# Snail formatter problem with non-Base64 characters

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/snail-formatter-problem-with-non-base64-characters/106285
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** emacs
**Created:** [November 15, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/snail-formatter-problem-with-non-base64-characters/106285 "2023-11-15T23:36:49Z")
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### Author: ![jwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@jwalker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jwalker)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/snail-formatter-problem-with-non-base64-characters/106285/1 "2023-11-15T23:36:49Z")

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When running juliaformatter through the snail interface (C-c j f b) on a file with a character outside of base64 (specifically \psi, I get the following message:  
`format: Multibyte character in data for base64 encoding `

However, if I apply the formatter directly, using  
`using JuliaFormatter format(filename.jl) `  
then it works just fine.

Is there something that I’m missing?