diff --git a/gamedir-languages/French_Version/Data-1.13/TableData/French.Backgrounds.xml b/gamedir-languages/French_Version/Data-1.13/TableData/French.Backgrounds.xml
index 3c9dd6347..faa0c345b 100644
--- a/gamedir-languages/French_Version/Data-1.13/TableData/French.Backgrounds.xml
+++ b/gamedir-languages/French_Version/Data-1.13/TableData/French.Backgrounds.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
 <BACKGROUNDS>
 	<BACKGROUND>
 		<uiIndex>0</uiIndex>