diff --git a/core/MyHelpers.class.inc.php b/core/MyHelpers.class.inc.php
index 606be3547..c0f392cf8 100644
--- a/core/MyHelpers.class.inc.php
+++ b/core/MyHelpers.class.inc.php
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ class Str
 	*/
 	protected static function xmlencode($string)
 	{
-		return self::xmlentities(iconv("ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8//IGNORE",$string));
+		return self::xmlentities(iconv("UTF-8", "UTF-8//IGNORE",$string));
 	}
 
 	public static function islowcase($sString)