diff --git a/cmake/FetchDependencies.cmake b/cmake/FetchDependencies.cmake
index a82e4e88..e33ccc3f 100644
--- a/cmake/FetchDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FetchDependencies.cmake
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ fetch_dependency("libretro-common" "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-common.
 fetch_dependency("embed-binaries" "https://github.com/andoalon/embed-binaries.git" "21f28ca")
 fetch_dependency(glm "https://github.com/g-truc/glm" "33b0eb9")
 fetch_dependency(libslirp "https://github.com/JesseTG/libslirp-mirror.git" "44e7877")
-fetch_dependency(pntr "https://github.com/robloach/pntr" "a3dc08c")
+fetch_dependency(pntr "https://github.com/robloach/pntr" "23099c7")
 fetch_dependency(fmt "https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt" "10.2.1")
 fetch_dependency(yamc "https://github.com/yohhoy/yamc" "4e015a7")
 fetch_dependency(span-lite "https://github.com/martinmoene/span-lite" "bc08bf8")
diff --git a/src/libretro/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libretro/CMakeLists.txt
index 595d523e..40a5a133 100644
--- a/src/libretro/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libretro/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(melondsds_libretro PUBLIC
     PNTR_ENABLE_VARGS
     PNTR_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB
     PNTR_ENABLE_MATH
+    PNTR_ENABLE_UTF8
     STB_IMAGE_STATIC # To avoid using any dynamically-linked STB implementations
 )
 
diff --git a/src/libretro/message/error.cpp b/src/libretro/message/error.cpp
index 066229fa..16b871b9 100644
--- a/src/libretro/message/error.cpp
+++ b/src/libretro/message/error.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ constexpr pntr_color TEXT_COLOR_BOTTOM = {.rgba = {.b = 0x98, .g = 0xE5, .r = 0x
 
 static constexpr const char* const ERROR_TITLE = "Oh no! melonDS DS couldn't start...";
 static constexpr const char* const SOLUTION_TITLE = "Here's what you can do:";
-static constexpr const char* const THANK_YOU = "Thank you for using melonDS DS!";
+static constexpr const char* const THANK_YOU = "Thank you for using melonDS DS! Θ.Θ";
 
 using std::span;
 using MelonDsDs::NDS_SCREEN_AREA;