diff --git a/db/migrate/20130622095040_move_weekly_tasks.rb b/db/migrate/20130622095040_move_weekly_tasks.rb
index f9f363fd..e8dc8384 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20130622095040_move_weekly_tasks.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20130622095040_move_weekly_tasks.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class MoveWeeklyTasks < ActiveRecord::Migration
 private
   def weekly_task?(workgroup, task)
     return false if task.due_date.nil?
-    
+
     group_task = {
       weekday: workgroup.weekday,
       name: workgroup.task_name,
diff --git a/lib/foodsoft_file.rb b/lib/foodsoft_file.rb
index 1aa40dfb..0ef6367c 100644
--- a/lib/foodsoft_file.rb
+++ b/lib/foodsoft_file.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module FoodsoftFile
   def self.parse(file)
     articles, outlisted_articles = Array.new, Array.new
     row_index = 2
-    ::CSV.parse(file.read, {:col_sep => ";", :headers => true}) do |row|
+    ::CSV.parse(file.read.force_encoding('utf-8'), {:col_sep => ";", :headers => true}) do |row|
       # check if the line is empty
       unless row[2] == "" || row[2].nil?        
         article = {:number => row[1],