diff --git a/configs/purebred.hs b/configs/purebred.hs
index 64dc2d79..328c2f7a 100644
--- a/configs/purebred.hs
+++ b/configs/purebred.hs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import System.Environment (lookupEnv)
 import System.Exit (die)
 import System.IO.Unsafe
 
+import Data.MIME (defaultCharsets)
 import Purebred
 import Purebred.Storage.AddressBook.MuttAliasFile
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ main = do
 
   let addrsFile = fromMaybe cwd confdir <> "/aliases"
   addressBook <-
-    initMuttAliasFileAddressBook addrsFile
+    initMuttAliasFileAddressBook defaultCharsets addrsFile
     >>= either (die . show) pure
 
   purebred
diff --git a/src/Purebred.hs b/src/Purebred.hs
index 61b57438..4cb7f2b4 100644
--- a/src/Purebred.hs
+++ b/src/Purebred.hs
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ module Purebred
   , module Purebred.Plugin,
   module Purebred.Plugin.TweakConfig,
   module Purebred.Storage.Tags,
+  module Purebred.Storage.AddressBook.MuttAliasFile,
   module Purebred.Types,
   module Purebred.Types.Error,
   module Purebred.UI.Actions,
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ import Purebred.Plugin.Internal
 import Purebred.Plugin.TweakConfig
 import Purebred.Storage.Server
 import Purebred.Storage.Tags (TagOp(..))
+import Purebred.Storage.AddressBook.MuttAliasFile
 import Purebred.Types.Error
 
 -- re-exports for configuration
diff --git a/src/Purebred/Storage/AddressBook/MuttAliasFile.hs b/src/Purebred/Storage/AddressBook/MuttAliasFile.hs
index 93bb9320..7934089c 100644
--- a/src/Purebred/Storage/AddressBook/MuttAliasFile.hs
+++ b/src/Purebred/Storage/AddressBook/MuttAliasFile.hs
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ module Purebred.Storage.AddressBook.MuttAliasFile
   , parseMuttAliasFile
   ) where
 
-import Data.Attoparsec.ByteString (Parser, parseOnly, sepBy, string, takeTill)
-import Data.Attoparsec.ByteString.Char8 (endOfLine, isSpace_w8, skipSpace, space)
+import Data.Attoparsec.Text (Parser, parseOnly, sepBy, string, takeTill, space, skipSpace, endOfLine)
+import Data.Char (isSpace)
 import Data.Bifunctor (bimap)
 import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Internal.Search as T
 import Control.Lens (Lens', lens, toListOf, folded, filtered, view)
 
-import Data.MIME (defaultCharsets)
-import Data.IMF (address, Address)
+import Data.MIME (Address)
+import Data.IMF.Text (address)
 
 import Purebred.Types.Error (Error(ParseError))
 import Purebred.Types.AddressBook (AddressBook(..))
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ initMuttAliasFileAddressBook filePath = do
   let mk addrs = AddressBook
         (\substr -> pure $ filterMuttAliases substr addrs)
         Nothing
-  pure $ bimap ParseError mk $ parseMuttAliasFile contents
+  pure $ bimap ParseError mk $ parseMuttAliasFile (decodeLenient contents)
 
 filterMuttAliases :: T.Text -> [MuttAlias] -> [Address]
 filterMuttAliases substr =
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ matchesSubstring :: T.Text -> T.Text -> Bool
 matchesSubstring needle haystack = not $ null $ T.indices needle haystack
 
 -- | Parser functions to parse a mutt alias file
-parseMuttAliasFile :: B.ByteString -> Either String [MuttAlias]
+parseMuttAliasFile :: T.Text -> Either String [MuttAlias]
 parseMuttAliasFile = parseOnly (muttalias `sepBy` endOfLine)
 
 muttalias :: Parser MuttAlias
 muttalias = do
- nick <- string "alias" *> space *> takeTill isSpace_w8
- add <- skipSpace *> address defaultCharsets
- pure $ MuttAlias (decodeLenient nick) add
+ nick <- string "alias" *> space *> takeTill isSpace
+ add <- skipSpace *> address
+ pure $ MuttAlias nick add
 
 -- | Parser Datatypes
 data MuttAlias = MuttAlias
diff --git a/test/TestAddressBook.hs b/test/TestAddressBook.hs
index 42854e85..6d93ea0f 100644
--- a/test/TestAddressBook.hs
+++ b/test/TestAddressBook.hs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module TestAddressBook (
 import Test.Tasty (TestTree, testGroup)
 import Test.Tasty.HUnit ((@?=), testCase)
 
-import Data.IMF (Address(..))
+import Data.MIME (Address(..))
 
 import Purebred.Storage.AddressBook.MuttAliasFile
 
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ testParseMuttAlias =
         }
       ]
     , testCase "with long names" $
-        parseMuttAliasFile "alias nick1 Mr Nick Name <nick1@test.example>\nalias nick2 Nick Test Name <nick2@foo.test>"
+        parseMuttAliasFile "alias nick1 Mr Nück Name <nick1@test.example>\nalias nick2 Nick Test Name <nick2@foo.test>"
           @?= Right [
           MuttAlias {
               _muttAliasNick = "nick1"
-            , _muttAliasAddress = Single "Mr Nick Name <nick1@test.example>"
+            , _muttAliasAddress = Single "Mr Nück Name <nick1@test.example>"
             }
         , MuttAlias {
               _muttAliasNick = "nick2"