diff --git a/editor/extensions/ext-php_savefile.js b/editor/extensions/ext-php_savefile.js
index e26d07aa..fadf55e7 100644
--- a/editor/extensions/ext-php_savefile.js
+++ b/editor/extensions/ext-php_savefile.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ svgEditor.addExtension("php_savefile", {
 		var save_svg_action = 'extensions/savefile.php';
 		svgEditor.setCustomHandlers({
 			save: function(win, data) {
-				var svg = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n" + data,
+				var svg = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n' + data,
 					filename = getFileNameFromTitle();
 
 				$.post(save_svg_action, {output_svg: svg, filename: filename});
@@ -21,7 +21,3 @@ svgEditor.addExtension("php_savefile", {
 		});
 	}
 });
-
-this.saveHandler = function(svg) {'use strict';
-	$.post("svg-editor-save.php", {svg_data: svg});
-};
diff --git a/editor/extensions/savefile.php b/editor/extensions/savefile.php
index 2bf5909b..2efd90b4 100644
--- a/editor/extensions/savefile.php
+++ b/editor/extensions/savefile.php
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@
 		exit;
 	}
 	$svg = $_POST['output_svg'];
-	$filename = (isset($_POST['filename']) && !empty($_POST['filename']) ? preg_replace('@[\\\\/:*?"<>|]@', '_', urldecode($_POST['filename'])) : 'saved') . '.svg'; // These characters are indicated as prohibited by Windows
-	$output_svg = urldecode($svg);
-	$file = $filename;
-	$fh = fopen($file, 'w') or die("Can't open file");
-	fwrite($fh, $output_svg);
+	$filename = (isset($_POST['filename']) && !empty($_POST['filename']) ? preg_replace('@[\\\\/:*?"<>|]@u', '_', $_POST['filename']) : 'saved') . '.svg'; // These characters are indicated as prohibited by Windows
+
+	$fh = fopen($filename, 'w') or die("Can't open file");
+	fwrite($fh, $svg);
 	fclose($fh);
 ?>