diff --git a/LibreMetaverse.Types/UtilsConversions.cs b/LibreMetaverse.Types/UtilsConversions.cs
index 2a3acf4c..b2f9c85f 100644
--- a/LibreMetaverse.Types/UtilsConversions.cs
+++ b/LibreMetaverse.Types/UtilsConversions.cs
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse
         /// <example>0x7fffffff</example>
         public static string UIntToHexString(uint i)
         {
-            return string.Format("{0:x8}", i);
+            return $"{i:x8}";
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse
 
         private static string GetString(byte[] bytes, int index, int count)
         {
-            string cnv = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes, index, count);
+            string cnv = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes, index, count);
             return InternStrings ? string.Intern(cnv) : cnv;
         }
 
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse
                         if (j != 0)
                             output.Append(' ');
 
-                        output.Append(String.Format("{0:X2}", bytes[i + j]));
+                        output.Append($"{bytes[i + j]:X2}");
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -744,9 +744,9 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse
         /// <returns>A null-terminated UTF8 byte array</returns>
         public static byte[] StringToBytes(string str)
         {
-            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(str)) { return EmptyBytes; }
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(str)) { return EmptyBytes; }
             if (!str.EndsWith("\0")) { str += "\0"; }
-            return UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(str);
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(str);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -801,14 +801,14 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="c">Character to test</param>
         /// <returns>true if hex digit, false if not</returns>
-        private static bool IsHexDigit(Char c)
+        private static bool IsHexDigit(char c)
         {
             const int numA = 65;
             const int num0 = 48;
 
             int numChar;
 
-            c = Char.ToUpper(c);
+            c = char.ToUpper(c);
             numChar = Convert.ToInt32(c);
 
             if (numChar >= numA && numChar < (numA + 6))
diff --git a/Programs/examples/TestClient/Program.cs b/Programs/examples/TestClient/Program.cs
index fbc00423..ceba5b25 100644
--- a/Programs/examples/TestClient/Program.cs
+++ b/Programs/examples/TestClient/Program.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse.TestClient
 
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
+            Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
+            Console.InputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
+
             Arguments arguments = new Arguments(args);
 
             List<LoginDetails> accounts = new List<LoginDetails>();