diff -r c6105d922ac6 -r e7bc083fa9dc src/cm/converters/pandoc_converters.py
--- a/src/cm/converters/pandoc_converters.py	Thu Jun 27 16:39:16 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/cm/converters/pandoc_converters.py	Thu Jun 27 16:54:29 2013 +0200
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
     if from_format==to_format=='html':
       # get body content
       stdoutdata = (content.encode('utf8'))
-      soup = BeautifulSoup(stdoutdata)
+      soup = BeautifulSoup(stdoutdata, fromEncoding='UTF-8')
       body = soup.body
       if body:
         stdoutdata = body.renderContents()