diff --git a/bin/gistup b/bin/gistup
index 1e07c89..3e0e6e9 100755
--- a/bin/gistup
+++ b/bin/gistup
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ function openBrowser(id, callback) {
 }
 
 function escape(description) {
-  return description;
   return description.replace(/[\u007f-\uffff]/g, function(c) {
     return "\\u" + ("0000" + c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4);
   });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 22e1d9f..4566e85 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gistup",
-  "version": "0.0.11",
+  "version": "0.0.12",
   "description": "Initialize a gist from the command-line.",
   "keywords": [
     "gist",