diff --git a/nw/convert/text/tolatex.py b/nw/convert/text/tolatex.py
index a006cc01..cb7d25f5 100644
--- a/nw/convert/text/tolatex.py
+++ b/nw/convert/text/tolatex.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class ToLaTeX(Tokenizer):
     def _escapeUnicode(self, theText):
         try:
             import latexcodec
-            return codecs.encode(theText, "ulatex")
+            return codecs.encode(theText, "ulatex+utf8")
         except:
             self.texCodecFail = True
             return theText