diff --git a/system/libs/pot/OTS_ServerInfo.php b/system/libs/pot/OTS_ServerInfo.php
index 8835ecf7..591443e9 100644
--- a/system/libs/pot/OTS_ServerInfo.php
+++ b/system/libs/pot/OTS_ServerInfo.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class OTS_ServerInfo
         {
             // loads respond XML
             $info = new OTS_InfoRespond();
-            if(!$info->loadXML( utf8_encode($status->getBuffer())))
+            if(!$info->loadXML( $status->getBuffer()))
 				return false;
 
             return $info;
diff --git a/templates/tibiacom/headline.php b/templates/tibiacom/headline.php
index 53096ba1..36e9ff4d 100644
--- a/templates/tibiacom/headline.php
+++ b/templates/tibiacom/headline.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if(!@file_exists($page_file))
 
 	// set text
 	$font = getenv('GDFONTPATH') . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'martel.ttf';
-	imagettftext($image, 18, 0, 4, 20, imagecolorallocate($image, 240, 209, 164), $font, utf8_decode($_GET['t']));
+	imagettftext($image, 18, 0, 4, 20, imagecolorallocate($image, 240, 209, 164), $font, $_GET['t']);
 
 	// header mime type
 	header('Content-type: image/gif');