diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8f858bd..2d8b7e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ checksum = "9229cfe53dfd69f0609a49f65461bd93001ea1ef889cd5529dd176593f5338a1"
 name = "hipdf"
 version = "0.0.0-development"
 dependencies = [
+ "encoding_rs",
  "image",
  "jpeg-decoder",
  "lopdf",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aceddf0..069ce7a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ name = "hipdf"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
+encoding_rs = "0.8.35"
 image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["webp"] }
 jpeg-decoder = "0.3.2"
 miniz_oxide = "0.8.9"
diff --git a/src/ocg.rs b/src/ocg.rs
index 7da9510..18d61ff 100644
--- a/src/ocg.rs
+++ b/src/ocg.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //! allowing you to organize content into groups that can be toggled on/off
 //! in PDF viewers.
 
+use encoding_rs::mem::encode_latin1_lossy;
 use lopdf::{content::Operation, dictionary, Dictionary, Document, Object, ObjectId};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ impl OCGManager {
         for layer in &mut self.layers {
             let ocg_dict = dictionary! {
                 "Type" => "OCG",
-                "Name" => Object::string_literal(layer.name.as_bytes().to_vec()),
+                "Name" => Object::string_literal(encode_latin1_lossy(&layer.name)),
             };
             layer.id = doc.add_object(ocg_dict);
         }