diff --git a/lib/PHPExif/Adapter/Exiftool.php b/lib/PHPExif/Adapter/Exiftool.php
index 44bf999..2319dee 100644
--- a/lib/PHPExif/Adapter/Exiftool.php
+++ b/lib/PHPExif/Adapter/Exiftool.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public function getExifFromFile($file)
             )
         );
 
-        $data = json_decode($result, true);
+        $data = json_decode(utf8_encode($result), true);
 
         // map the data:
         $mapper = $this->getMapper();