diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a625c4a..054e8f1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5h
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201018230417-eeed37f84f13 h1:5jaG59Zhd+8ZXe8C+lgiAGqkOaZBruqrWclLkgAww34=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201018230417-eeed37f84f13/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0 h1:g61tztE5qeGQ89tm6NTjjM9VPIm088od1l6aSorWRWg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
diff --git a/src/feed/atom.go b/src/feed/atom.go
index 3cb9b4c..c33af22 100644
--- a/src/feed/atom.go
+++ b/src/feed/atom.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (links atomLinks) First(rel string) string {
 func ParseAtom(r io.Reader) (*Feed, error) {
 	srcfeed := atomFeed{}
 
-	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(r)
+	decoder := xmlDecoder(r)
 	if err := decoder.Decode(&srcfeed); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/src/feed/feed.go b/src/feed/feed.go
index daaab1a..0e4d656 100644
--- a/src/feed/feed.go
+++ b/src/feed/feed.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func sniff(lookup string) (string, processor) {
 	lookup = strings.TrimSpace(lookup)
 	switch lookup[0] {
 	case '<':
-		decoder := xml.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(lookup))
+		decoder := xmlDecoder(strings.NewReader(lookup))
 		for {
 			token, _ := decoder.Token()
 			if token == nil {
diff --git a/src/feed/feed_test.go b/src/feed/feed_test.go
index addbc39..3d473ba 100644
--- a/src/feed/feed_test.go
+++ b/src/feed/feed_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ func TestSniff(t *testing.T) {
 			`<?xml version="1.0"?><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"></rdf:RDF>`,
 			"rdf",
 		},
+		{
+			`<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel></channel></rss>`,
+			"rss",
+		},
 		{
 			`<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel></channel></rss>`,
 			"rss",
diff --git a/src/feed/rdf.go b/src/feed/rdf.go
index 2436310..5f6d7f8 100644
--- a/src/feed/rdf.go
+++ b/src/feed/rdf.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type rdfItem struct {
 func ParseRDF(r io.Reader) (*Feed, error) {
 	srcfeed := rdfFeed{}
 
-	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(r)
+	decoder := xmlDecoder(r)
 	if err := decoder.Decode(&srcfeed); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/src/feed/rss.go b/src/feed/rss.go
index 1581545..e11eda2 100644
--- a/src/feed/rss.go
+++ b/src/feed/rss.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package feed
 
 import (
 	"encoding/xml"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 )
 
@@ -59,10 +58,9 @@ type rssEnclosure struct {
 func ParseRSS(r io.Reader) (*Feed, error) {
 	srcfeed := rssFeed{}
 
-	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(r)
+	decoder := xmlDecoder(r)
 	decoder.DefaultSpace = "rss"
 	if err := decoder.Decode(&srcfeed); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/feed/utils.go b/src/feed/utils.go
index f538c91..38b626e 100644
--- a/src/feed/utils.go
+++ b/src/feed/utils.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package feed
 
 import (
+	"encoding/xml"
+	"io"
+	"golang.org/x/net/html/charset"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -13,6 +16,13 @@ func firstNonEmpty(vals ...string) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func xmlDecoder(r io.Reader) *xml.Decoder {
+	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(r)
+	decoder.Strict = false
+	decoder.CharsetReader = charset.NewReaderLabel
+	return decoder
+}
+
 // taken from github.com/mjibson/goread
 var dateFormats = []string{
 	time.RFC822,  // RSS