diff --git a/OpenGraph.php b/OpenGraph.php
index af2e7b6..aa7f584 100644
--- a/OpenGraph.php
+++ b/OpenGraph.php
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static private function _parse($HTML) {
 		$old_libxml_error = libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
 
 		$doc = new DOMDocument();
+		$HTML = mb_convert_encoding($HTML, 'HTML-ENTITIES', 'auto');
 		$doc->loadHTML($HTML);
 		
 		libxml_use_internal_errors($old_libxml_error);