diff --git a/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc b/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc
index 126dc630a..695d3b69e 100644
--- a/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc
+++ b/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ function _fetch_remote_file ($url, $headers = "" ) {
     Output:     parsed RSS object (see rss_parse)
 \*=======================================================================*/
 function _response_to_rss ($resp) {
-    $rss = new MagpieRSS( $resp->results, MAGPIE_OUTPUT_ENCODING, "UTF-8", false);
+    $rss = new MagpieRSS( $resp->results, MAGPIE_OUTPUT_ENCODING, MAGPIE_INPUT_ENCODING, MAGPIE_DETECT_ENCODING );
     
     // if RSS parsed successfully       
     if ( $rss and !$rss->ERROR) {