diff --git a/src/PDML.php b/src/PDML.php
index e6ebb80..4ef3a0e 100644
--- a/src/PDML.php
+++ b/src/PDML.php
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ function _parsePDML($pdml) {
     }
 
     function ProcessText($text) {
+        $text = iconv('utf-8', 'cp1252', $text);
         switch ($this->parserState) {
             case 0:
             case 1: