diff --git a/includes/rss.php b/includes/rss.php
index dbc18af..ca77be1 100644
--- a/includes/rss.php
+++ b/includes/rss.php
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ function wplt_print_feed( $arguments ) {
 	// build entries
 	foreach ( $entries as $entry ) {
 		//print_r($entry);
-		$rss .= '<item><title>'.mb_convert_encoding($entry->post_title, "ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8") .'</title>';
+		$rss .= '<item><title>'.$entry->post_title.'</title>';
 		$rss .= '<link>http://www.dpsg-hardenberg.org/lagerticker</link>';
 		$rss .= '<pubDate>'.$entry->post_date_rfc.' '.date('O').'</pubDate>';
-		$rss .= '<description><![CDATA['.utf8_encode(mb_convert_encoding($entry->post_content, "ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8")).']]></description></item>';
+		$rss .= '<description><![CDATA['.$entry->post_content.']]></description></item>';
 	}
 		
 	// generate document foot
diff --git a/wp-liveticker2.php b/wp-liveticker2.php
index c0f64ed..3252014 100644
--- a/wp-liveticker2.php
+++ b/wp-liveticker2.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /**
   * Plugin Name: WP Liveticker 2
   * Description: A simple Liveticker for Wordpress.
-  * Version: 0.4 beta
+  * Version: 0.4.1 beta
   * Author: Stefan Kalscheuer
   * Author URI:	http://www.stklblog.de
   * Text Domain:	wplt2