diff --git a/src/Profile/Util/Attribute/AnchorConverter.php b/src/Profile/Util/Attribute/AnchorConverter.php
index 89558202..3f919df9 100644
--- a/src/Profile/Util/Attribute/AnchorConverter.php
+++ b/src/Profile/Util/Attribute/AnchorConverter.php
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ private static function convertCertToX509(string $certificate): \stdClass
             }
         });
 
-        $decodedX509Data = Json::decode(Json::encode($X509Data), false);
-
+        //$decodedX509Data = Json::decode(Json::encode($X509Data), false);
+        $decodedX509Data = Json::decode(Json::encode(Json::convert_from_latin1_to_utf8_recursively($X509Data)), false);
         // Ensure serial number is cast to string.
         // @see \phpseclib\Math\BigInteger::__toString()
         $decodedX509Data
diff --git a/src/Util/Json.php b/src/Util/Json.php
index cdeeefd9..e014e174 100644
--- a/src/Util/Json.php
+++ b/src/Util/Json.php
@@ -55,4 +55,22 @@ private static function validate(): void
             throw new JsonException(json_last_error_msg(), json_last_error());
         }
     }
+
+    public static function convert_from_latin1_to_utf8_recursively($dat)
+    {
+        if (is_string($dat)) {
+            return utf8_encode($dat);
+        } elseif (is_array($dat)) {
+            $ret = [];
+            foreach ($dat as $i => $d) $ret[ $i ] = self::convert_from_latin1_to_utf8_recursively($d);
+
+            return $ret;
+        } elseif (is_object($dat)) {
+            foreach ($dat as $i => $d) $dat->$i = self::convert_from_latin1_to_utf8_recursively($d);
+
+            return $dat;
+        } else {
+            return $dat;
+        }
+    }
 }