diff --git a/src/pystack/_pystack.pyx b/src/pystack/_pystack.pyx
index dadb5b39..a949a1ac 100644
--- a/src/pystack/_pystack.pyx
+++ b/src/pystack/_pystack.pyx
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ class NativeReportingMode(enum.Enum):
     ALL = 1000
 
 
-cdef api void log_with_python(const char* message, int level) noexcept:
-    with contextlib.suppress(UnicodeDecodeError):
-        LOGGER.log(level, message)
+cdef api void log_with_python(const cppstring *message, int level) noexcept:
+    pymessage = _try_to_decode_string(message)
+    LOGGER.log(level, pymessage)
 
 T = TypeVar("T", bound=Callable[..., Any])
 
diff --git a/src/pystack/_pystack/logging.cpp b/src/pystack/_pystack/logging.cpp
index 0eef3a17..4ac13a73 100644
--- a/src/pystack/_pystack/logging.cpp
+++ b/src/pystack/_pystack/logging.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ logWithPython(const std::string& message, int level)
         throw std::runtime_error("Logger is not initialized");
     }
     if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {
-        log_with_python(message.c_str(), level);
+        log_with_python(&message, level);
     }
 }