diff --git a/src/framework/platform/win32window.cpp b/src/framework/platform/win32window.cpp
index 6092bf74..82332085 100644
--- a/src/framework/platform/win32window.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/platform/win32window.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <framework/application.h>
 #include <framework/thirdparty/apngloader.h>
 #include <framework/core/resourcemanager.h>
+#include <framework/util/utf8.h>
 
 WIN32Window::WIN32Window()
 {
@@ -665,7 +666,7 @@ std::string WIN32Window::getClipboardText()
     if(hglb) {
         LPTSTR lptstr = (LPTSTR)GlobalLock(hglb);
         if(lptstr) {
-            text = lptstr;
+            text = Fw::utf8StringToLatin1((uchar*)lptstr);
             GlobalUnlock(hglb);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/framework/util/utf8.cpp b/src/framework/util/utf8.cpp
index f92e120b..1ad64377 100644
--- a/src/framework/util/utf8.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/util/utf8.cpp
@@ -27,16 +27,22 @@
 
 char Fw::utf8CharToLatin1(uchar *utf8, int *read)
 {
-    if(utf8[0] == 0xc3) {
+    char c = '?';
+    uchar opt1 = utf8[0];
+    if(opt1 == 0xc3) {
         *read = 2;
-        return (char)(64 + utf8[1]);
-    } else if(utf8[0] == 0xc2) {
+        uchar opt2 = utf8[1];
+        c = 64 + opt2;
+    } else if(opt1 == 0xc2) {
         *read = 2;
-        return utf8[1];
-    } else {
+        uchar opt2 = utf8[1];
+        if(opt2 > 0xa1 && opt2 < 0xbb)
+            c = opt2;
+    } else if(opt1 < 0xc2) {
         *read = 1;
-        return utf8[0];
+        c = opt1;
     }
+    return c;
 }
 
 std::string Fw::utf8StringToLatin1(uchar *utf8) {