diff --git a/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl b/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl
index 243f565e1a..e07b8696f5 100755
--- a/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl
+++ b/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ if ($op eq "addbiblio") {
 	my @ind_tag = $input->param('ind_tag');
 	my @indicator = $input->param('indicator');
 	my $xml = MARChtml2xml(\@tags,\@subfields,\@values,\@indicator,\@ind_tag);
-        my $record=MARC::Record::new_from_xml($xml);
+        my $record=MARC::Record::new_from_xml($xml, 'UTF-8');
 	# check for a duplicate
 	my ($duplicatebiblionumber,$duplicatebibid,$duplicatetitle) = FindDuplicate($record) if ($op eq "addbiblio") && (!$is_a_modif);
 	my $confirm_not_duplicate = $input->param('confirm_not_duplicate');
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ if ($op eq "addbiblio") {
 		$indicators{$ind_tag[$i]} = $indicator[$i];
 	}
 	my $xml = MARChtml2xml(\@tags,\@subfields,\@values,\@indicator,\@ind_tag);
-	my $record=MARC::Record::new_from_xml($xml);
+	my $record=MARC::Record::new_from_xml($xml, 'UTF-8');
 	#my $record = MARChtml2marc($dbh,\@tags,\@subfields,\@values,%indicators);
 	# adding an empty field
 	my $field = MARC::Field->new("$addedfield",'','','$tagaddfield_subfield' => "");
diff --git a/acqui.simple/additem.pl b/acqui.simple/additem.pl
index 0a5adb6056..a4de84e04c 100755
--- a/acqui.simple/additem.pl
+++ b/acqui.simple/additem.pl
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if ($op eq "additem") {
 	#	$indicators{$ind_tag[$i]} = $indicator[$i];
 	#}
 	my $xml = MARChtml2xml(\@tags,\@subfields,\@values,\@indicator,\@ind_tag);
-        my $record=MARC::Record::new_from_xml($xml);
+        my $record=MARC::Record::new_from_xml($xml, UTF-8);
 	#my $record = MARChtml2marc($dbh,\@tags,\@subfields,\@values,%indicators);
 	# if autoBarcode is ON, calculate barcode...
 	if (C4::Context->preference('autoBarcode')) {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ if ($op eq "additem") {
 	#	$indicators{$ind_tag[$i]} = $indicator[$i];
 	#}
 	my $xml = MARChtml2xml(\@tags,\@subfields,\@values,\@indicator,\@ind_tag);
-        my $record=MARC::Record::new_from_xml($xml);
+        my $record=MARC::Record::new_from_xml($xml, UTF-8);
 	#my $record = MARChtml2marc($dbh,\@tags,\@subfields,\@values,%indicators);
 # MARC::Record builded => now, record in DB
 # warn "R: ".$record->as_formatted;