diff --git a/mod/scorm/lib.php b/mod/scorm/lib.php
index 016c448117c..902000444ed 100755
--- a/mod/scorm/lib.php
+++ b/mod/scorm/lib.php
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ function scorm_endElement($parser, $name) {
 
 function scorm_characterData($parser, $data) {
     global $datacontent;
-    $datacontent = $data;
+    $datacontent = utf_decode($data);
 }
 
 function scorm_parse($basedir,$file,$scorm_id) {