diff --git a/lib/ApkParser/XmlParser.php b/lib/ApkParser/XmlParser.php
index b2c3777..ee748dd 100644
--- a/lib/ApkParser/XmlParser.php
+++ b/lib/ApkParser/XmlParser.php
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public function getXmlString()
     {
         if (!$this->ready)
             $this->decompress();
-        $xml = urlencode($this->xml);
+        $xml = utf8_encode($this->xml);
         $xml = preg_replace('/[\x00-\x08\x0B\x0C\x0E-\x1F\x80-\x9F]/u', '', $xml);
         return $xml;
     }