diff --git a/deep_fixitycheck.pl b/deep_fixitycheck.pl
index c7d25efe83699c539aaeef70b793f41bb7fb0c72..3e71b755821a9bf4df0149e89aebb98380da1ba1 100644
--- a/deep_fixitycheck.pl
+++ b/deep_fixitycheck.pl
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ sub searching_ie_files ($$) {
     if (-f && m/V(\d+)-IE\d+\.xml$/) {
       my $version = $1;
       my $file=$File::Find::name;
-      $tmp_ies_unsorted_path->append( $file."\n");
+      $tmp_ies_unsorted_path->append_utf8( $file."\n");
       $cnt_unsorted_files++;
       $File::Find::prune =1;
     } elsif (-d ) {