diff --git a/feed2red.pl b/feed2red.pl
index 29cd586..1f2fd3d 100755
--- a/feed2red.pl
+++ b/feed2red.pl
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 my $red = LWP::UserAgent->new();
 my $hed = HTTP::Headers->new();
 
+# fix incorrect unicode characters in Atom feeds
+$XML::Atom::ForceUnicode = 1;
+
 # parse feeds
 foreach my $norm (keys %feeds)
 	{