diff --git a/protocol/transport.go b/protocol/transport.go
index e746320..39e8ade 100644
--- a/protocol/transport.go
+++ b/protocol/transport.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (t *Transport) StartUp() (Message, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		msg, err = t.Read()
+		msg, err = t.read()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/sess.go b/sess.go
index 882561e..906405f 100644
--- a/sess.go
+++ b/sess.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (s *session) Serve() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = t.Write(protocol.ParameterStatus("client_encoding", "utf8"))
+	err = t.Write(protocol.ParameterStatus("client_encoding", "UTF8"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}