diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bf31ff6..7c70150 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ include( ConfigureChecks.cmake )
 
 ###### global compiler settings
 
-add_definitions( -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -UTQT_NO_ASCII_CAST )
+add_definitions( -DHAVE_CONFIG_H )
 
 set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${TQT_CXX_FLAGS}" )
 set( CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--no-undefined" )
diff --git a/src/bookwidget.cpp b/src/bookwidget.cpp
index c645524..7a23d70 100644
--- a/src/bookwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/bookwidget.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void BookWidget::openURL(const KURL & url)
 	m_stream.reset(new TQTextStream(&m_file));
 	m_textLines.reset(new TQStringList);
 	TQString name(encoding());
-	TQTextCodec *codec = TQTextCodec::codecForName(encoding()); // get the codec
+	TQTextCodec *codec = TQTextCodec::codecForName(encoding().latin1()); // get the codec
 	if (codec)
  		m_stream->setCodec(codec);
 	//show progress dialog