diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Base.Library/GenericSerializer.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Base.Library/GenericSerializer.cs
index ad505288..107b293d 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Base.Library/GenericSerializer.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Base.Library/GenericSerializer.cs
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ namespace Volian.Base.Library
 		public static T StringDeserialize(string s)
 		{
 			T t;
+			string ss = s.Replace("encoding=\"utf-16\"", "");
 			XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
 			UTF8Encoding enc = new UTF8Encoding();
-			Byte[] arrBytData = enc.GetBytes(s);
+			Byte[] arrBytData = enc.GetBytes(ss);
 			using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(arrBytData))
 			{
 				t = (T)xs.Deserialize(ms);