diff --git a/inc/poche/Poche.class.php b/inc/poche/Poche.class.php
index 400857b49..1476d158a 100755
--- a/inc/poche/Poche.class.php
+++ b/inc/poche/Poche.class.php
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ class Poche
         $entries = $this->store->retrieveAllWithTags($this->user->getId());
         if ($entries) {
             echo $this->tpl->render('export.twig', array(
-            'export' => Tools::renderJson($entries),
+            'export' => Tools::renderJson(Tools::utf8ize($entries)),
             ));
             Tools::logm('export view');
         } else {
diff --git a/inc/poche/Tools.class.php b/inc/poche/Tools.class.php
index e5e150cdb..263034f07 100755
--- a/inc/poche/Tools.class.php
+++ b/inc/poche/Tools.class.php
@@ -232,6 +232,27 @@ final class Tools
         exit();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * UTF-8 encode array of string
+     *
+     * @param $data
+     */
+    public static function utf8ize($data)
+    {
+        if (is_array($data))
+        {
+            foreach ($data as $k => $v)
+            {
+                $data[$k] = self::utf8ize($v);
+            }
+        }
+        else if (is_string ($data) && '' == mb_detect_encoding($data))
+        {
+            return utf8_encode($data);
+        }
+        return $data;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create new line in log file
      *