diff --git a/lib/ohloh_scm/adapters/svn/commits.rb b/lib/ohloh_scm/adapters/svn/commits.rb
index 2b08f58e..1ce64079 100644
--- a/lib/ohloh_scm/adapters/svn/commits.rb
+++ b/lib/ohloh_scm/adapters/svn/commits.rb
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def recurse_files(path=nil, revision=final_token || 'HEAD')
 
 			files = []
 			stdout.each_line do |s|
-				s.chomp!
+				s.chomp!.force_encoding('UTF-8')
 				files << s if s.length > 0 and s !~ /CVSROOT\// and s[-1..-1] != '/'
 			end
 			files.sort
diff --git a/test/unit/svn_commits_test.rb b/test/unit/svn_commits_test.rb
index c6758594..6ca727ac 100644
--- a/test/unit/svn_commits_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/svn_commits_test.rb
@@ -106,6 +106,19 @@ def test_remove_dupes_add_replace
 			assert_equal 'A', c.diffs.first.action
 		end
 
+        def test_remove_dupes_with_sql_acii_encoding
+           #Note: If there are two files that are identical except for the encoding, ohloh_scm should only keep one.
+           svn = SvnAdapter.new
+           diff_1 = OhlohScm::Diff.new(:action => "M", :path => "/FritzBoxDial/FritzBoxDial/formWählbox.vb")
+           diff_2 = OhlohScm::Diff.new(:action => "A", :path => "/FritzBoxDial/FritzBoxDial/formWählbox.vb")
+		   c = OhlohScm::Commit.new(:diffs => [diff_1 ,diff_2])
+																			
+           svn.remove_dupes(c)
+           puts c.diffs.count
+           assert_equal 1, c.diffs.size
+           assert_equal 'A', c.diffs.first.action
+        end
+
 		# Had so many bugs around this case that a test was required
 		def test_deepen_commit_with_nil_diffs
 			with_svn_repository('svn') do |svn|