diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/topaz.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/topaz.py
index f57a5e55db..da96bb364e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/topaz.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/topaz.py
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ class MetadataUpdater(object):
             ms.write(self.metadata[item]['metadata'])
 
         return ms.getvalue().encode('iso-8859-1')
+        #return ms.getvalue().encode('utf-8')
 
     def get_md_header(self,offset):
         md_header = {}