diff --git a/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/widget/placepage/PlacePageView.java b/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/widget/placepage/PlacePageView.java
index 80abe0f94d..388c9f6881 100644
--- a/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/widget/placepage/PlacePageView.java
+++ b/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/widget/placepage/PlacePageView.java
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.style.ForegroundColorSpan;
 import android.text.util.Linkify;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
-import android.util.Base64;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
+import android.webkit.WebSettings;
 import android.webkit.WebView;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
@@ -333,7 +333,9 @@ public class PlacePageView extends NestedScrollViewClickFixed
 
     mBookmarkFrame = findViewById(R.id.bookmark_frame);
     mWvBookmarkNote = mBookmarkFrame.findViewById(R.id.wv__bookmark_notes);
-    mWvBookmarkNote.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(false);
+    final WebSettings settings = mWvBookmarkNote.getSettings();
+    settings.setJavaScriptEnabled(false);
+    settings.setDefaultTextEncodingName("utf-8");
     mTvBookmarkNote = mBookmarkFrame.findViewById(R.id.tv__bookmark_notes);
     initEditMapObjectBtn();
 
@@ -934,8 +936,7 @@ public class PlacePageView extends NestedScrollViewClickFixed
 
     if (StringUtils.nativeIsHtml(notes))
     {
-      String base64version = Base64.encodeToString(notes.getBytes(), Base64.DEFAULT);
-      mWvBookmarkNote.loadData(base64version, Utils.TEXT_HTML, Utils.BASE_64);
+      mWvBookmarkNote.loadData(notes, Utils.TEXT_HTML, Utils.UTF_8);
       UiUtils.show(mWvBookmarkNote);
       UiUtils.hide(mTvBookmarkNote);
     }
diff --git a/android/src/com/mapswithme/util/Utils.java b/android/src/com/mapswithme/util/Utils.java
index cd8dbde10c..b8375c8121 100644
--- a/android/src/com/mapswithme/util/Utils.java
+++ b/android/src/com/mapswithme/util/Utils.java
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ public class Utils
   @StringRes
   public static final int INVALID_ID = 0;
   public static final String UTF_8 = "utf-8";
-  public static final String BASE_64 = "base64";
-  public static final String TEXT_HTML = "text/html;";
+  public static final String TEXT_HTML = "text/html; charset=utf-8";
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.INSTANCE.getLogger(LoggerFactory.Type.MISC);
   private static final String TAG = "Utils";