diff --git a/src/pattypan/Util.java b/src/pattypan/Util.java
index 84b9186..2a9ddb5 100644
--- a/src/pattypan/Util.java
+++ b/src/pattypan/Util.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -63,12 +62,9 @@ private Util() {}
 
   public static String text(String key) {
     try {
-      String val = bundle.getString(key); 
-      return new String(val.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"), "UTF-8");
+      return bundle.getString(key);
     } catch (final MissingResourceException ex) {
       return "";
-    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {
-      return "";
     }
   }