diff --git a/src/module/alertModal.js b/src/module/alertModal.js
index 0e7ae9c..c712de7 100644
--- a/src/module/alertModal.js
+++ b/src/module/alertModal.js
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export async function uploadFailedFirst(failureType, failureMsg, failureLoc) {
       value = 'File size exceeds 90MB.';
       break;
     case 'encoding':
-      value = `Please use [UFT-8] for character encoding: (Row #${failureLoc})`;
+      value = `Please use UFT-8 for character encoding: (Row #${failureLoc})`;
       break;
     case 'insufficient_columns':
       value = 'Need at least five columns of data.';