diff --git a/code/backend/pages/01_Ingest_Data.py b/code/backend/pages/01_Ingest_Data.py
index 3bc312726..7e7f76960 100644
--- a/code/backend/pages/01_Ingest_Data.py
+++ b/code/backend/pages/01_Ingest_Data.py
@@ -89,11 +89,12 @@ def add_url_embeddings(urls: list[str]):
             for up in uploaded_files:
                 # To read file as bytes:
                 bytes_data = up.getvalue()
+                title = up.name.encode("latin-1", "replace").decode("latin-1")
                 if st.session_state.get("filename", "") != up.name:
                     # Upload a new file
                     st.session_state["filename"] = up.name
                     st.session_state["file_url"] = blob_client.upload_file(
-                        bytes_data, up.name, metadata={"title": up.name}
+                        bytes_data, up.name, metadata={"title": title}
                     )
             if len(uploaded_files) > 0:
                 st.success(