diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1887f37..8470ec7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getopt_long,
 AC_SUBST(GETOPT_LIBS)
 
 CACA="no"
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(cucul, cucul,
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CUCUL, cucul,
  [CACA="yes"],
  [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
   AC_MSG_ERROR([you need libcucul version 0.99 or later])])
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 14e75b9..bc44629 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS = cacamoo
 
 cacamoo_SOURCES = main.c cacamoo.h
-cacamoo_CFLAGS = `pkg-config --cflags cucul`
-cacamoo_LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs cucul`
+cacamoo_CFLAGS = @CUCUL_CFLAGS@
+cacamoo_LDADD = @CUCUL_LIBS@
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 3ce3c8b..08d22c9 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
         return -1;
     }
     /* Export given canvas to format we want */
-    output_buffer = cucul_export_canvas(canvas, "ansi");
+    output_buffer = cucul_export_canvas(canvas, "utf8");
     if(output_buffer == NULL)
     {
         printf("Can't export file to text !\n");