diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 34b637ee..1d5f83aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Change use of old templateInit() api and use class based api introduced in 4.3 instead
 - Updated jQuery to 1.4.3
 - Fixed bug #017355: admin2: js error prevents context menu in children items table to pop up
+- Fixed bug #017573: (tc-458) utf8 names are no rendered properly in admin2 interface
 
 # v1.2.0rc1
 - Fixed bug #017223: Make LoadFromCDN disabled by default
diff --git a/classes/ezjscajaxcontent.php b/classes/ezjscajaxcontent.php
index e2490b05..a2e018e0 100644
--- a/classes/ezjscajaxcontent.php
+++ b/classes/ezjscajaxcontent.php
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public static function simplify( $obj, $params = array() )
 
         $ret                            = array();
         $attrtibuteArray                = array();
-        $ret['name']                    = htmlentities( $contentObject->attribute( 'name' ), ENT_QUOTES );
+        $ret['name']                    = htmlentities( $contentObject->attribute( 'name' ), ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8" );
         $ret['contentobject_id']        = $ret['id'] = (int) $contentObject->attribute( 'id' );
         $ret['contentobject_remote_id'] = $contentObject->attribute( 'remote_id' );
         $ret['main_node_id']            = (int)$contentObject->attribute( 'main_node_id' );