diff --git a/src/sectionsd/edvbstring.cpp b/src/sectionsd/edvbstring.cpp
index a1eb114b3..4946429da 100644
--- a/src/sectionsd/edvbstring.cpp
+++ b/src/sectionsd/edvbstring.cpp
@@ -422,8 +422,8 @@ std::string convertDVBUTF8(const char *data, int len, int table, int tsidonid)
 				// Unicode->UTF8 encoding
 		if (code < 0x80) // identity ascii <-> utf8 mapping
 			res[t++]=char(code);
-		else if((table == 5) && (code == 0x8A))
-			res[t++]= 0x20;
+		else if (/*(table == 5) &&*/ (code == 0x8A)) // I don't think this is related to table 5 --seife
+			res[t++]= '\n'; // 0x8a is vertical tab. Just use newline for now.
 		else if (code < 0x800) // two byte mapping
 		{
 			res[t++]=(code>>6)|0xC0;