diff --git a/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Helper/ContentProxy.php b/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Helper/ContentProxy.php
index 3fe31c2c7..d4ea608f3 100644
--- a/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Helper/ContentProxy.php
+++ b/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Helper/ContentProxy.php
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class ContentProxy
 
         if ((empty($content) || false === $this->validateContent($content)) && false === $disableContentUpdate) {
             $fetchedContent = $this->graby->fetchContent($url);
+            $fetchedContent['title'] = $this->sanitizeContentTitle($fetchedContent['title'], $fetchedContent['content_type']);
 
             // when content is imported, we have information in $content
             // in case fetching content goes bad, we'll keep the imported information instead of overriding them
@@ -176,6 +177,59 @@ class ContentProxy
         $entry->setTitle($path);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Try to sanitize the title of the fetched content from wrong character encodings and invalid UTF-8 character.
+     *
+     * @param $title
+     * @param $contentType
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function sanitizeContentTitle($title, $contentType)
+    {
+        if ('application/pdf' === $contentType) {
+            $title = $this->convertPdfEncodingToUTF8($title);
+        }
+
+        return $this->sanitizeUTF8Text($title);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * If the title from the fetched content comes from a PDF, then its very possible that the character encoding is not
+     * UTF-8. This methods tries to identify the character encoding and translate the title to UTF-8.
+     *
+     * @param $title
+     *
+     * @return string (maybe contains invalid UTF-8 character)
+     */
+    private function convertPdfEncodingToUTF8($title)
+    {
+        // first try UTF-8 because its easier to detect its present/absence
+        foreach (['UTF-8', 'UTF-16BE', 'WINDOWS-1252'] as $encoding) {
+            if (mb_check_encoding($title, $encoding)) {
+                return mb_convert_encoding($title, 'UTF-8', $encoding);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $title;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove invalid UTF-8 characters from the given string.
+     *
+     * @param string $rawText
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function sanitizeUTF8Text($rawText)
+    {
+        if (mb_check_encoding($rawText, 'UTF-8')) {
+            return $rawText;
+        }
+
+        return iconv('UTF-8', 'UTF-8//IGNORE', $rawText);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Stock entry with fetched or imported content.
      * Will fall back to OpenGraph data if available.
diff --git a/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Helper/ContentProxyTest.php b/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Helper/ContentProxyTest.php
index 51df8de1b..3f3c60d0f 100644
--- a/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Helper/ContentProxyTest.php
+++ b/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Helper/ContentProxyTest.php
@@ -531,6 +531,250 @@ class ContentProxyTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame('1.1.1.1', $entry->getDomainName());
     }
 
+    public function testWebsiteWithValidUTF8Title_doNothing()
+    {
+        // You can use https://www.online-toolz.com/tools/text-hex-convertor.php to convert UTF-8 text <=> hex
+        // See http://graphemica.com for more info about the characters
+        // '😻ℤz' (U+1F63B or F09F98BB; U+2124 or E284A4; U+007A or 7A) in hexadecimal and UTF-8
+        $actualTitle = $this->hexToStr('F09F98BB' . 'E284A4' . '7A');
+
+        $tagger = $this->getTaggerMock();
+        $tagger->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('tag');
+
+        $graby = $this->getMockBuilder('Graby\Graby')
+            ->setMethods(['fetchContent'])
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $graby->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('fetchContent')
+            ->willReturn([
+                'html' => false,
+                'title' => $actualTitle,
+                'url' => '',
+                'content_type' => 'text/html',
+                'language' => '',
+            ]);
+
+        $proxy = new ContentProxy($graby, $tagger, $this->getValidator(), $this->getLogger(), $this->fetchingErrorMessage);
+        $entry = new Entry(new User());
+        $proxy->updateEntry($entry, 'http://0.0.0.0');
+
+        // '😻ℤz' (U+1F63B or F09F98BB; U+2124 or E284A4; U+007A or 7A) in hexadecimal and UTF-8
+        $expectedTitle = 'F09F98BB' . 'E284A4' . '7A';
+        $this->assertSame($expectedTitle, $this->strToHex($entry->getTitle()));
+    }
+
+    public function testWebsiteWithInvalidUTF8Title_removeInvalidCharacter()
+    {
+        // See http://graphemica.com for more info about the characters
+        // 'a€b' (61;80;62) in hexadecimal and WINDOWS-1252 - but 80 is a invalid UTF-8 character.
+        // The correct UTF-8 € character (U+20AC) is E282AC
+        $actualTitle = $this->hexToStr('61' . '80' . '62');
+
+        $tagger = $this->getTaggerMock();
+        $tagger->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('tag');
+
+        $graby = $this->getMockBuilder('Graby\Graby')
+            ->setMethods(['fetchContent'])
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $graby->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('fetchContent')
+            ->willReturn([
+                'html' => false,
+                'title' => $actualTitle,
+                'url' => '',
+                'content_type' => 'text/html',
+                'language' => '',
+            ]);
+
+        $proxy = new ContentProxy($graby, $tagger, $this->getValidator(), $this->getLogger(), $this->fetchingErrorMessage);
+        $entry = new Entry(new User());
+        $proxy->updateEntry($entry, 'http://0.0.0.0');
+
+        // 'ab' (61;62) because all invalid UTF-8 character (like 80) are removed
+        $expectedTitle = '61' . '62';
+        $this->assertSame($expectedTitle, $this->strToHex($entry->getTitle()));
+    }
+
+    public function testPdfWithUTF16BETitle_convertToUTF8()
+    {
+        // See http://graphemica.com for more info about the characters
+        // '😻' (U+1F63B;D83DDE3B) in hexadecimal and as UTF16BE
+        $actualTitle = $this->hexToStr('D83DDE3B');
+
+        $tagger = $this->getTaggerMock();
+        $tagger->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('tag');
+
+        $graby = $this->getMockBuilder('Graby\Graby')
+            ->setMethods(['fetchContent'])
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $graby->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('fetchContent')
+            ->willReturn([
+                'html' => false,
+                'title' => $actualTitle,
+                'url' => '',
+                'content_type' => 'application/pdf',
+                'language' => '',
+            ]);
+
+        $proxy = new ContentProxy($graby, $tagger, $this->getValidator(), $this->getLogger(), $this->fetchingErrorMessage);
+        $entry = new Entry(new User());
+        $proxy->updateEntry($entry, 'http://0.0.0.0');
+
+        // '😻' (U+1F63B or F09F98BB) in hexadecimal and UTF-8
+        $expectedTitle = 'F09F98BB';
+        $this->assertSame($expectedTitle, $this->strToHex($entry->getTitle()));
+    }
+
+    public function testPdfWithUTF8Title_doNothing()
+    {
+        // See http://graphemica.com for more info about the characters
+        // '😻' (U+1F63B;D83DDE3B) in hexadecimal and as UTF8
+        $actualTitle = $this->hexToStr('F09F98BB');
+
+        $tagger = $this->getTaggerMock();
+        $tagger->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('tag');
+
+        $graby = $this->getMockBuilder('Graby\Graby')
+            ->setMethods(['fetchContent'])
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $graby->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('fetchContent')
+            ->willReturn([
+                'html' => false,
+                'title' => $actualTitle,
+                'url' => '',
+                'content_type' => 'application/pdf',
+                'language' => '',
+            ]);
+
+        $proxy = new ContentProxy($graby, $tagger, $this->getValidator(), $this->getLogger(), $this->fetchingErrorMessage);
+        $entry = new Entry(new User());
+        $proxy->updateEntry($entry, 'http://0.0.0.0');
+
+        // '😻' (U+1F63B or F09F98BB) in hexadecimal and UTF-8
+        $expectedTitle = 'F09F98BB';
+        $this->assertSame($expectedTitle, $this->strToHex($entry->getTitle()));
+    }
+
+    public function testPdfWithWINDOWS1252Title_convertToUTF8()
+    {
+        // See http://graphemica.com for more info about the characters
+        // '€' (80) in hexadecimal and WINDOWS-1252
+        $actualTitle = $this->hexToStr('80');
+
+        $tagger = $this->getTaggerMock();
+        $tagger->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('tag');
+
+        $graby = $this->getMockBuilder('Graby\Graby')
+            ->setMethods(['fetchContent'])
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $graby->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('fetchContent')
+            ->willReturn([
+                'html' => false,
+                'title' => $actualTitle,
+                'url' => '',
+                'content_type' => 'application/pdf',
+                'language' => '',
+            ]);
+
+        $proxy = new ContentProxy($graby, $tagger, $this->getValidator(), $this->getLogger(), $this->fetchingErrorMessage);
+        $entry = new Entry(new User());
+        $proxy->updateEntry($entry, 'http://0.0.0.0');
+
+        // '€' (U+20AC or E282AC) in hexadecimal and UTF-8
+        $expectedTitle = 'E282AC';
+        $this->assertSame($expectedTitle, $this->strToHex($entry->getTitle()));
+    }
+
+    public function testPdfWithInvalidCharacterInTitle_removeInvalidCharacter()
+    {
+        // See http://graphemica.com for more info about the characters
+        // '😻ℤ�z' (U+1F63B or F09F98BB; U+2124 or E284A4; invalid character 81; U+007A or 7A) in hexadecimal and UTF-8
+        // 0x81 is not a valid character for UTF16, UTF8 and WINDOWS-1252
+        $actualTitle = $this->hexToStr('F09F98BB' . 'E284A4' . '81' . '7A');
+
+        $tagger = $this->getTaggerMock();
+        $tagger->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('tag');
+
+        $graby = $this->getMockBuilder('Graby\Graby')
+            ->setMethods(['fetchContent'])
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $graby->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('fetchContent')
+            ->willReturn([
+                'html' => false,
+                'title' => $actualTitle,
+                'url' => '',
+                'content_type' => 'application/pdf',
+                'language' => '',
+            ]);
+
+        $proxy = new ContentProxy($graby, $tagger, $this->getValidator(), $this->getLogger(), $this->fetchingErrorMessage);
+        $entry = new Entry(new User());
+        $proxy->updateEntry($entry, 'http://0.0.0.0');
+
+        // '😻ℤz' (U+1F63B or F09F98BB; U+2124 or E284A4; U+007A or 7A) in hexadecimal and UTF-8
+        // the 0x81 (represented by �) is invalid for UTF16, UTF8 and WINDOWS-1252 and is removed
+        $expectedTitle = 'F09F98BB' . 'E284A4' . '7A';
+        $this->assertSame($expectedTitle, $this->strToHex($entry->getTitle()));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * https://stackoverflow.com/a/18506801.
+     *
+     * @param $string
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function strToHex($string)
+    {
+        $hex = '';
+        for ($i = 0; $i < \strlen($string); ++$i) {
+            $ord = \ord($string[$i]);
+            $hexCode = dechex($ord);
+            $hex .= substr('0' . $hexCode, -2);
+        }
+
+        return strtoupper($hex);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * https://stackoverflow.com/a/18506801.
+     *
+     * @param $hex
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function hexToStr($hex)
+    {
+        $string = '';
+        for ($i = 0; $i < \strlen($hex) - 1; $i += 2) {
+            $string .= \chr(hexdec($hex[$i] . $hex[$i + 1]));
+        }
+
+        return $string;
+    }
+
     private function getTaggerMock()
     {
         return $this->getMockBuilder(RuleBasedTagger::class)