diff --git a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
index a73a236..b4a7774 100644
--- a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class AnnouncementsController < ApplicationController
       "tag" => tag.name ,
       "url" => OrbitHelper.page_for_tag(tag)
     } } rescue []
-    files = announcement.bulletin_files.map{|file|  { "file_url" =>  file.file.url, "file_title" => (file.title.blank? ? File.basename(file.file.path) : file.title rescue '') } } rescue []
+    files = announcement.bulletin_files.map{|file|  { "file_url" =>  file.file.url, "file_title" => (file.title.blank? ? File.basename(file.file.path).encode('utf-8') : file.title rescue '') } } rescue []
 
     links = announcement.bulletin_links.map{|link|  { "link_url" => link.url, "link_title" => (link.title.blank? ? link.url : link.title) } } rescue []
     update_user = announcement.update_user.member_profile.name rescue ""
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class AnnouncementsController < ApplicationController
           }
      }
 
-    files = announcement["bulletin_files"].map{|file|  { "file_url" =>  file["url"], "file_title" => (file["title_translations"][locale] == "" ? File.basename(file["url"]) : file["title_translations"][locale] rescue '') } } rescue []
+    files = announcement["bulletin_files"].map{|file|  { "file_url" =>  file["url"], "file_title" => (file["title_translations"][locale] == "" ? File.basename(file["url"]).encode('utf-8') : file["title_translations"][locale] rescue '') } } rescue []
 
     links = announcement["bulletin_links"].map{|link|  { "link_url" => link["url"], "link_title" => (link["title_translations"][locale] == "" ? link["url"] : link["title_translations"][locale]) } } rescue []