diff --git a/bin/builder.js b/bin/builder.js
index 4e319dd..3c9a607 100755
--- a/bin/builder.js
+++ b/bin/builder.js
@@ -209,11 +209,18 @@ var builder = module.exports = function () {
 
       // check if we need to process it any further
       if (settings.minify) {
+				// uglify hate uncode chars... 
+				var separator = '@@OMGYUCHANGEME@@@';
+				code = code.replace(/(\\ufffd)/g, separator);
+				
         var ast = uglify.parser.parse(code);
         ast = uglify.uglify.ast_mangle(ast);
         ast = uglify.uglify.ast_squeeze(ast);
 
         code = production + uglify.uglify.gen_code(ast);
+
+        // restore the code
+        code = code.replace(new RegExp('('+ separator + ')', 'g'), '\\ufffd');
       }
 
       callback(error, code);