diff --git a/templates/tibiacom/headline.php b/templates/tibiacom/headline.php
index dbef28a1..85dae0f2 100644
--- a/templates/tibiacom/headline.php
+++ b/templates/tibiacom/headline.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ imagecolortransparent($image, imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0));
 
 // set text
 $font = getenv('GDFONTPATH') . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'martel.ttf';
-imagettftext($image, 18, 0, 4, 20, imagecolorallocate($image, 240, 209, 164), $font, utf8_decode($text));
+imagettftext($image, 18, 0, 4, 20, imagecolorallocate($image, 240, 209, 164), $font, $text);
 
 // header mime type
 header('Content-type: image/gif');