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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+When the annex directory has a non-ascii character (like a tilde) on its path, local pairing fails and a couple of instances of the following message appear on the log
+
+"illegal control characters in pairing message; ignoring"
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+* make a new annex repo named on /home/someone/VĂ­deos/blah/ (notice the i with a tilde) on two computers
+* try to pair them
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+git-annex version: 5.20141016-g26b38fd on Arch Linux
+
+git-annex version: 5.20140717 on Ubuntu 14.10