use Template::Plugin;
use base qw( Template::Plugin );
+use Encode qw{encode decode};
use C4::Koha;
my $sth = C4::Context->dbh->prepare($query);
$sth->execute($itemtype);
my $d = $sth->fetchrow_hashref();
- return $d->{'description'};
+ return encode('UTF-8', $d->{'description'});
}