diff --git a/src/controllers/UserController.ts b/src/controllers/UserController.ts
index 8c73102..8ede570 100644
--- a/src/controllers/UserController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/UserController.ts
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ export class UserController {
 	private static UserToAPI(user : User, handler: RequestHandler) : Object {
 		return {
 			"userID": user.id,
-			"firstName": fixEncoding(user.firstName),
-			"lastName": fixEncoding(user.lastName),
+			"firstName": user.firstName,
+			"lastName": user.lastName,
 			"publicPage": user.pageStatus == UserPageStatus.PUBLIC,
 			"openPage": user.pageStatus == UserPageStatus.OPEN,
 			"virtualDirectory": user.virtualDirectory,