diff --git a/views/site_files/text_editor.slim b/views/site_files/text_editor.slim
index 5f45fa4f..5b2e4f8e 100644
--- a/views/site_files/text_editor.slim
+++ b/views/site_files/text_editor.slim
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ css:
     .row
       .span12
         div id="editor" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; position: relative;"
-          #{@file_data.encode('utf-8', 'binary', :invalid => :replace, :undef => :replace)}
+          #{@file_data}
     
     
     .row