diff --git a/rtengine/safegtk.cc b/rtengine/safegtk.cc
index f4bf5c804..96be01bcb 100755
--- a/rtengine/safegtk.cc
+++ b/rtengine/safegtk.cc
@@ -259,15 +259,15 @@ Glib::ustring safe_filename_to_utf8 (const std::string& src)
 	try {
 		utf8_str = Glib::locale_to_utf8(src);
 	}
-	catch (const Glib::ConvertError& e) {
-		utf8_str = Glib::convert_with_fallback(src, "UTF8", "LATIN1","?");
+	catch (const Glib::Error& e) {
+		utf8_str = Glib::convert_with_fallback(src, "UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1","?");
 	}
 #else
 	{
 		std::auto_ptr<Glib::Error> error;
 		utf8_str = locale_to_utf8(src, error);
 		if (error.get())
-			utf8_str = Glib::convert_with_fallback(src, "UTF8", "LATIN1","?", error);
+			utf8_str = Glib::convert_with_fallback(src, "UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1","?", error);
 	}
 #endif //GLIBMM_EXCEPTIONS_ENABLED
 #else
@@ -283,15 +283,15 @@ Glib::ustring safe_locale_to_utf8 (const std::string& src)
 	try {
 		utf8_str = Glib::locale_to_utf8(src);
 	}
-	catch (const Glib::ConvertError& e) {
-		utf8_str = Glib::convert_with_fallback(src, "UTF8", "LATIN1","?");
+	catch (const Glib::Error& e) {
+		utf8_str = Glib::convert_with_fallback(src, "UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1","?");
 	}
 #else
 	{
 		std::auto_ptr<Glib::Error> error;
 		utf8_str = locale_to_utf8(src, error);
 		if (error.get())
-			utf8_str = Glib::convert_with_fallback(src, "UTF8", "LATIN1","?", error);
+			utf8_str = Glib::convert_with_fallback(src, "UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1","?", error);
 	}
 #endif //GLIBMM_EXCEPTIONS_ENABLED
 	return utf8_str;
@@ -304,15 +304,15 @@ std::string safe_locale_from_utf8 (const Glib::ustring& utf8_str)
 	try {
 		str = Glib::locale_from_utf8(utf8_str);
 	}
-	catch (const Glib::ConvertError& e) {
-		//str = Glib::convert_with_fallback(utf8_str, "LATIN1", "UTF8", "?");
+	catch (const Glib::Error& e) {
+		//str = Glib::convert_with_fallback(utf8_str, "ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8", "?");
 	}
 #else
 	{
 		std::auto_ptr<Glib::Error> error;
             str = Glib::locale_from_utf8(utf8_str, error);
             /*if (error.get())
-                {str = Glib::convert_with_fallback(utf8_str, "LATIN1", "UTF8", "?", error);}*/
+                {str = Glib::convert_with_fallback(utf8_str, "ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8", "?", error);}*/
 	}
 #endif //GLIBMM_EXCEPTIONS_ENABLED
 	return str;