diff --git a/libs/plugins/modifier.escape.php b/libs/plugins/modifier.escape.php
index 1dae7c02..737b622a 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/modifier.escape.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/modifier.escape.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * @param html|htmlall|url|quotes|hex|hexentity|javascript
  * @return string
  */
-function smarty_modifier_escape($string, $esc_type = 'html', $char_set = 'UTF-8')
+function smarty_modifier_escape($string, $esc_type = 'html', $char_set = 'ISO-8859-1')
 {
     switch ($esc_type) {
         case 'html':