diff --git a/encoding.go b/encoding.go
index 7cefad8..623ec89 100644
--- a/encoding.go
+++ b/encoding.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ func ConvertToUTF8(b []byte) string {
 		s, _ = utf16ToUTF8(b[2:], false)
 	} else if hasUTF8Marker(b) {
 		s = string(b[3:])
+	} else if utf8.ValidString(string(b)) {
+		s = string(b)
 	} else if looksLikeLatin1(b) {
 		s = latin1toUTF8(b)
 	} else {
diff --git a/encoding_test.go b/encoding_test.go
index d7dfac5..04a9d79 100644
--- a/encoding_test.go
+++ b/encoding_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ func TestLooksLikeLatin1(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, false, looksLikeLatin1([]byte("hallå")))
 }
 
+func TestTranscodeToUTF8(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "hallå", ConvertToUTF8([]byte("hall\xe5"))) // from: latin1
+	assert.Equal(t, "hallå", ConvertToUTF8([]byte("hallå")))    // from: utf8 (Swedish)
+	assert.Equal(t, "烟火里的尘埃", ConvertToUTF8([]byte("烟火里的尘埃")))  // from: utf8 (Chinese)
+}
+
 func TestReadFileAsUTF8(t *testing.T) {
 	f, err := os.Open("README.md")
 	assert.Equal(t, nil, err)