diff --git a/src/controllers/SettingsController.ts b/src/controllers/SettingsController.ts
index fac1919..70f39f5 100644
--- a/src/controllers/SettingsController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/SettingsController.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { RequestHandler } from "../entities/RequestHandler";
 import { UserHelper } from "../helpers/UserHelper";
 import { GeneralSettings, UserPageStatus, SupportedLanguages, LangSettings } from "../entities/User";
-import { removeHTMLNodes, checkURL } from "../utils/StringUtils";
+import { removeHTMLNodes, checkURL, fixEncoding } from "../utils/StringUtils";
 import { checkVirtualDirectoryAvailability, VirtualDirType } from "../utils/VirtualDirsUtils";
 import { AccountHelper } from "../helpers/AccountHelper";
 
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ export class SettingsController {
 
 		h.send({
 			id: userInfo.id,
-			security_question_1: userInfo.hasSecurityQuestion1 ? userInfo.security_question_1 : "",
-			security_answer_1: userInfo.hasSecurityAnswer1 ? userInfo.security_answer_1 : "",
-			security_question_2: userInfo.hasSecurityQuestion2 ? userInfo.security_question_2 : "",
-			security_answer_2: userInfo.hasSecurityAnswer2 ? userInfo.security_answer_2 : "",
+			security_question_1: userInfo.hasSecurityQuestion1 ? fixEncoding(userInfo.security_question_1) : "",
+			security_answer_1: userInfo.hasSecurityAnswer1 ? fixEncoding(userInfo.security_answer_1) : "",
+			security_question_2: userInfo.hasSecurityQuestion2 ? fixEncoding(userInfo.security_question_2) : "",
+			security_answer_2: userInfo.hasSecurityAnswer2 ? fixEncoding(userInfo.security_answer_2) : "",
 		});
 	}
 }
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