diff --git a/src/main/java/org/takes/facets/flash/RsFlash.java b/src/main/java/org/takes/facets/flash/RsFlash.java
index 144cb8c29..1e8d0d6c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/takes/facets/flash/RsFlash.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/takes/facets/flash/RsFlash.java
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
  */
 package org.takes.facets.flash;
 
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
@@ -121,14 +122,15 @@ public RsFlash(final String msg, final Level level, final String cookie) {
             new RsWithCookie(
                 cookie,
                 DatatypeConverter.printBase64Binary(
-                    new StringBuilder(level.getName())
+                    new StringBuilder(msg)
                         .append('/')
-                        .append(msg)
+                        .append(level.getName())
                         .toString()
-                        .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+                        .getBytes(Charset.defaultCharset())
             ),
                 "Path=/",
                 String.format(
+                    Locale.ENGLISH,
                     "Expires=%1$ta, %1$td %1$tb %1$tY %1$tT GMT",
                     new Date(
                         System.currentTimeMillis() + TimeUnit.HOURS.toMillis(1L)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/takes/facets/flash/XeFlash.java b/src/main/java/org/takes/facets/flash/XeFlash.java
index 2b835816f..06aca3e45 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/takes/facets/flash/XeFlash.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/takes/facets/flash/XeFlash.java
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@
 package org.takes.facets.flash;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import org.takes.Request;
 import org.takes.rq.RqCookies;
@@ -37,13 +40,18 @@
  * Xembly source to show flash message in XML.
  *
  * <p>The class is immutable and thread-safe.
- *
  * @author Yegor Bugayenko (yegor@teamed.io)
  * @version $Id$
  * @since 0.1
  */
-@EqualsAndHashCode(of = { "req", "cookie" })
+@EqualsAndHashCode(of = {"req", "cookie" })
 public final class XeFlash implements XeSource {
+    /**
+     * Compiled RsFlash message regexp pattern.
+     */
+    private static final Pattern RS_FLASH_MSG = Pattern.compile(
+        "^(.*?)/(.*?)$"
+    );
 
     /**
      * Request.
@@ -79,10 +87,17 @@ public Iterable<Directive> toXembly() throws IOException {
             new RqCookies(this.req).cookie(this.cookie).iterator();
         final Directives dirs = new Directives();
         if (cookies.hasNext()) {
-            final String value = cookies.next();
-            dirs.add("flash")
-                .add("message").set(value).up()
-                .add("level").set(Level.INFO.toString());
+            final Matcher matcher = RS_FLASH_MSG.matcher(
+                new String(
+                    DatatypeConverter.parseBase64Binary(cookies.next()),
+                    Charset.defaultCharset()
+                )
+            );
+            if (matcher.find()) {
+                dirs.add("flash")
+                    .add("message").set(matcher.group(1)).up()
+                    .add("level").set(matcher.group(2));
+            }
         }
         return dirs;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/takes/facets/flash/RsFlashTest.java b/src/test/java/org/takes/facets/flash/RsFlashTest.java
index d96624658..5bde5fb14 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/takes/facets/flash/RsFlashTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/takes/facets/flash/RsFlashTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 package org.takes.facets.flash;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
 import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public void addsCookieToResponse() throws IOException {
                                 .append('/')
                                 .append(msg)
                                 .toString()
-                                .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+                                .getBytes(Charset.defaultCharset())
                     )
                 ).toString()
             )
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/takes/facets/flash/XeFlashTest.java b/src/test/java/org/takes/facets/flash/XeFlashTest.java
index 5ac8ff566..ad3d75a1e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/takes/facets/flash/XeFlashTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/takes/facets/flash/XeFlashTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 
 import com.jcabi.matchers.XhtmlMatchers;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -42,29 +46,41 @@
 public final class XeFlashTest {
 
     /**
-     * XeFlash can create a flash data.
+     * XeFlash can accept RsFlash cookie.
      * @throws IOException If some problem inside
      */
     @Test
-    public void generatesFlashData() throws IOException {
-        MatcherAssert.assertThat(
-            IOUtils.toString(
-                new RsXembly(
-                    new XeAppend(
-                        "root",
-                        new XeFlash(
-                            new RqWithHeader(
-                                new RqFake(), "Cookie", "RsFlash=how are you"
+    public void acceptsRsFlashCookie() throws IOException {
+        final String msg = "how are you";
+        final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(
+            "^Set-Cookie: RsFlash=(.*?);Path.*"
+        );
+        final Iterator<String> itr = new RsFlash(msg, Level.FINE)
+            .head().iterator();
+        if (itr.hasNext()) {
+            final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(itr.next());
+            if (matcher.find()) {
+                MatcherAssert.assertThat(
+                    IOUtils.toString(
+                        new RsXembly(
+                            new XeAppend(
+                                "root",
+                                new XeFlash(
+                                    new RqWithHeader(
+                                        new RqFake(),
+                                        "Cookie",
+                                        "RsFlash=".concat(matcher.group(1))
+                                    )
+                                )
                             )
-                        )
+                        ).body()
+                    ),
+                    XhtmlMatchers.hasXPaths(
+                        "/root/flash[message='how are you']",
+                        "/root/flash[level='FINE']"
                     )
-                ).body()
-            ),
-            XhtmlMatchers.hasXPaths(
-                "/root/flash[message='how are you']",
-                "/root/flash[level='INFO']"
-            )
-        );
+                );
+            }
+        }
     }
-
 }