diff --git a/e107_handlers/form_handler.php b/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
index 16dd21cb59..566ebc708d 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
@@ -4374,6 +4374,7 @@ protected function _format_id($id_value, $name, $value = null, $return_attribute
 	public function name2id($name)
 	{
 		$name = strtolower($name);
+		$name = e107::getParser()->toASCII($name);
 		return rtrim(str_replace(array('[]', '[', ']', '_', '/', ' ','.', '(', ')', '::', ':', '?','=',"'"), array('-', '-', '', '-', '-', '-', '-','','','-','','-','-',''), $name), '-');
 	}