diff --git a/RestControllers/CommentsController.php b/RestControllers/CommentsController.php
index 50959ef..a26966b 100644
--- a/RestControllers/CommentsController.php
+++ b/RestControllers/CommentsController.php
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class CommentsController {
 		$data["userID"] = $comment->get_userID();
 		$data["postID"] = $comment->get_postID();
 		$data["time_sent"] = $comment->get_time_sent();
-		$data["content"] = $comment->has_content() ? utf8_encode($comment->get_content()) : "";
+		$data["content"] = $comment->has_content() ? $comment->get_content() : "";
 
 		$data["img_path"] = $comment->has_img_path() ? $comment->get_img_path() : null;
 		$data["img_url"] = $comment->has_img_url() ? $comment->get_img_url() : null;
diff --git a/RestControllers/PostsController.php b/RestControllers/PostsController.php
index 884b92b..40ea997 100644
--- a/RestControllers/PostsController.php
+++ b/RestControllers/PostsController.php
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ class PostsController {
 		$data["userID"] = $post->get_userID();
 		$data["user_page_id"] = $post->get_user_page_id();
 		$data["post_time"] = $post->get_time_sent();
-		$data["content"] = $post->has_content() ? utf8_encode($post->get_content()) : null;
+		$data["content"] = $post->has_content() ? $post->get_content() : null;
 		$data["visibility_level"] = self::VISIBILITY_LEVELS_API[$post->get_visibility_level()];
 		$data["kind"] = $post->get_kind();