diff --git a/webbuild/webbuild-functions b/webbuild/webbuild-functions
index 4c5bc35..0877a2d 100644
--- a/webbuild/webbuild-functions
+++ b/webbuild/webbuild-functions
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ function parse_build_output() {
         s|\(.*\)\(error[^0-9A-Za-z]*:[[:space:]]*.*\)|<span class=\"outputboxerror\">\1<a %SRCURL%\2%SRCURLEND%>\2</a></span>|i;
         s|^\(== =.*\)|<span class=\"outputboxok\">\1</span>|;
         s|^[[:cntrl:]]*\([!%?=][!%!=>] .*\)|<font style=\"color:gold\">\1</font>|;
-        s|[[:cntrl:]]||g;" | google_search $1
+        s|[[:cntrl:]]||g;" | iconv -c | google_search $1
 }
 
 function parse_generic_output() {