diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
index 21abbc85..27a3f704 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ public class HttpGetter {
 		configBuilder.setConnectionRequestTimeout(timeout);
 		builder.setDefaultRequestConfig(configBuilder.build());
 
-		builder.setDefaultConnectionConfig(ConnectionConfig.custom().setCharset(Consts.UTF_8).build());
+		builder.setDefaultConnectionConfig(ConnectionConfig.custom().setCharset(Consts.ISO_8859_1).build());
 
 		return builder.build();
 	}