diff --git a/Ultima/Helpers/TileDataHelpers.cs b/Ultima/Helpers/TileDataHelpers.cs
index 5bcfc71..9e5eae5 100644
--- a/Ultima/Helpers/TileDataHelpers.cs
+++ b/Ultima/Helpers/TileDataHelpers.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public static unsafe string ReadNameString(byte* buffer)
                 _stringBuffer[count] = *buffer++;
             }
 
-            return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(_stringBuffer, 0, count);
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(_stringBuffer, 0, count);
         }
 
         public static string ReadNameString(byte[] buffer, int len)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public static string ReadNameString(byte[] buffer, int len)
                 //;
             }
 
-            return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer, 0, count);
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, 0, count);
         }
 
         public static int ConvertStringToInt(string text)
diff --git a/Ultima/TileData.cs b/Ultima/TileData.cs
index 39c3c1f..91f0c6d 100644
--- a/Ultima/TileData.cs
+++ b/Ultima/TileData.cs
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ public static void SaveTileData(string fileName)
                     var b = new byte[20];
                     if (LandTable[i].Name != null)
                     {
-                        byte[] bb = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(LandTable[i].Name);
+                        byte[] bb = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(LandTable[i].Name);
                         if (bb.Length > 20)
                         {
                             Array.Resize(ref bb, 20);
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ public static void SaveTileData(string fileName)
                     var b = new byte[20];
                     if (ItemTable[i].Name != null)
                     {
-                        byte[] bb = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(ItemTable[i].Name);
+                        byte[] bb = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(ItemTable[i].Name);
                         if (bb.Length > 20)
                         {
                             Array.Resize(ref bb, 20);