diff --git a/frappe/__init__.py b/frappe/__init__.py
index d01d77e044..0aae4408c5 100644
--- a/frappe/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if sys.version[0] == '2':
 	reload(sys)
 	sys.setdefaultencoding("utf-8")
 
-__version__ = '11.1.14'
+__version__ = '11.1.15'
 __title__ = "Frappe Framework"
 
 local = Local()
diff --git a/frappe/email/receive.py b/frappe/email/receive.py
index 09aa4ff57a..dcd21d3c10 100644
--- a/frappe/email/receive.py
+++ b/frappe/email/receive.py
@@ -357,9 +357,13 @@ class Email:
 		"""Parses headers, content, attachments from given raw message.
 
 		:param content: Raw message."""
-		self.raw = safe_encode(content) if six.PY2 else safe_decode(content)
-		self.mail = email.message_from_string(self.raw)
-
+		if six.PY2:
+			self.mail = email.message_from_string(safe_encode(content))
+		else:
+			if isinstance(content, bytes):
+				self.mail = email.message_from_bytes(content)
+			else:
+				self.mail = email.message_from_string(content)
 
 		self.text_content = ''
 		self.html_content = ''
diff --git a/frappe/email/test_email_body.py b/frappe/email/test_email_body.py
index b0bfddd4f0..feb8e80007 100644
--- a/frappe/email/test_email_body.py
+++ b/frappe/email/test_email_body.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import unittest, os, base64
+from frappe.email.receive import Email
 from frappe.email.email_body import (replace_filename_with_cid,
 	get_email, inline_style_in_html, get_header)
 
@@ -136,6 +137,20 @@ d85b; border-radius:8px; display:inline-block; height:8px; margin-right:5px=
 		html = get_header('This is string')
 		self.assertTrue('<span>This is string</span>' in html)
 
+	def test_8bit_utf_8_decoding(self):
+		text_content_bytes = b"\xed\x95\x9c\xea\xb8\x80\xe1\xa5\xa1\xe2\x95\xa5\xe0\xba\xaa\xe0\xa4\x8f"
+		text_content = text_content_bytes.decode('utf-8')
+
+		content_bytes = b"""MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
+Content-Disposition: inline
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+From: test1_@erpnext.com
+Reply-To: test2_@erpnext.com
+""" + text_content_bytes
+
+		mail = Email(content_bytes)
+		self.assertEqual(mail.text_content, text_content)
 
 def fixed_column_width(string, chunk_size):
 	parts = [string[0+i:chunk_size+i] for i in range(0, len(string), chunk_size)]
diff --git a/frappe/utils/user.py b/frappe/utils/user.py
index cd8cb35146..c29393fc31 100755
--- a/frappe/utils/user.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/user.py
@@ -276,11 +276,6 @@ def add_system_manager(email, first_name=None, last_name=None, send_welcome_emai
 		"send_welcome_email": 1 if send_welcome_email else 0
 	})
 
-	if password:
-		user.update({
-			"new_password": password
-		})
-
 	user.insert()
 
 	# add roles
@@ -293,6 +288,10 @@ def add_system_manager(email, first_name=None, last_name=None, send_welcome_emai
 	roles = [role.name for role in roles]
 	user.add_roles(*roles)
 
+	if password:
+		from frappe.utils.password import update_password
+		update_password(user=user.name, pwd=password)
+
 def get_enabled_system_users():
 	# add more fields if required
 	return frappe.get_all('User',