diff --git a/src/scanner/classes/ScannerController.inc.php b/src/scanner/classes/ScannerController.inc.php
index e7df1f1..bc30903 100644
--- a/src/scanner/classes/ScannerController.inc.php
+++ b/src/scanner/classes/ScannerController.inc.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ private function getXMLReport()
 
         // retrieve list of files and append it to the report
         $tmpXmlDoc = new DOMDocument();
-        $tmpXmlDoc->loadXML('<files>' . $fileScanner->getXMLFilelist() . '</files>');
+        $tmpXmlDoc->loadXML('<files>' . utf8_encode($fileScanner->getXMLFilelist()) . '</files>');
 
         $dom->documentElement->appendChild($dom->importNode($tmpXmlDoc->documentElement, true));
 
@@ -110,4 +110,4 @@ public function start()
     }
 
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}