diff --git a/content/vendor/form-comments/commentsubmit.php b/content/vendor/form-comments/commentsubmit.php
index 6c234fc..a40d9be 100644
--- a/content/vendor/form-comments/commentsubmit.php
+++ b/content/vendor/form-comments/commentsubmit.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if(empty($_POST['name'])    ||
     $name = strip_tags(utf8_decode(htmlspecialchars($_POST['name'])));
     $link = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['link']));
     $email_address = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['email']));
-    $comment = $_POST['comment'];
+    $comment = utf8_decode($_POST['comment']);
 
     // article
     $postID = str_replace('/','',$post_id);