diff --git a/facebook.tgz b/facebook.tgz
index 233e4eae..1fde92b2 100644
Binary files a/facebook.tgz and b/facebook.tgz differ
diff --git a/facebook/facebook.php b/facebook/facebook.php
index 11c87a32..5b1badfc 100644
--- a/facebook/facebook.php
+++ b/facebook/facebook.php
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ function fb_get_friends_sync_parsecontact($uid, $contact) {
             dbesc($contact->id),
             dbesc('facebook ' . $contact->id),
             dbesc($contact->name),
-            dbesc(($contact->nickname) ? $contact->nickname : strtolower($contact->first_name)),
+            dbesc(($contact->nickname) ? $contact->nickname : mb_convert_case($contact->first_name, MB_CASE_LOWER, "UTF-8"),
             dbesc('https://graph.facebook.com/' . $contact->id . '/picture'),
             dbesc(NETWORK_FACEBOOK),
             intval(CONTACT_IS_FRIEND),