diff --git a/src/libpspp/i18n.c b/src/libpspp/i18n.c
index f8e5e39..91db05c 100644
--- a/src/libpspp/i18n.c
+++ b/src/libpspp/i18n.c
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ create_iconv (const char* tocode, const char* fromcode)
   return conv;
 }
 
+static void
+dump_char_array (FILE *fp, const char *file, int line,
+			const char *text, int length)
+{
+  int i;
+  fprintf (fp, "%s:%d ", file, line);
+  for (i = 0; i < length; ++i)
+    {
+      fprintf (fp, "(0x%02x) ", (unsigned char) text[i]);
+    }
+  fprintf (fp, "\n");
+}
+
 /* Return a string based on TEXT converted according to HOW.
    If length is not -1, then it must be the number of bytes in TEXT.
    The returned string must be freed when no longer required.
@@ -86,6 +99,9 @@ recode_string (enum conv_id how,  const char *text, int length)
 
   assert (how < n_CONV);
 
+  fprintf (stderr, "%s:%d Convertor %d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, how);
+  dump_char_array (stderr, __FILE__, __LINE__, text, length);
+
   if (convertor[how] == (iconv_t) -1)
     return xstrndup (text, length);
 
@@ -148,6 +164,8 @@ recode_string (enum conv_id how,  const char *text, int length)
 
   *op = '\0';
 
+  dump_char_array (stderr, __FILE__, __LINE__, outbuf, strlen (outbuf));
+
   return outbuf;
 }
 
@@ -202,6 +220,8 @@ i18n_init (void)
   free (charset);
   charset = strdup (locale_charset ());
 
+  fprintf (stderr, "%s:%d Charset is \"%s\"\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, charset);
+
   convertor[CONV_PSPP_TO_UTF8]   = create_iconv ("UTF-8", charset);
   convertor[CONV_SYSTEM_TO_PSPP] = create_iconv (charset, charset);
   convertor[CONV_UTF8_TO_PSPP]   = create_iconv (charset, "UTF-8");
diff --git a/src/ui/gui/helper.c b/src/ui/gui/helper.c
index 49dbfda..83319c4 100644
--- a/src/ui/gui/helper.c
+++ b/src/ui/gui/helper.c
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ pspp_locale_to_utf8 (const gchar *text, gssize len, GError **err)
   return recode_string (CONV_PSPP_TO_UTF8, text, len);
 }
 
+gchar *
+utf8_to_pspp_locale (const gchar *text, gssize len, GError **err)
+{
+  return recode_string (CONV_UTF8_TO_PSPP, text, len);
+}
+
+
 #define _(msgid) gettext (msgid)
 #define N_(msgid) msgid
 
diff --git a/src/ui/gui/helper.h b/src/ui/gui/helper.h
index 17e777a..ca15a35 100644
--- a/src/ui/gui/helper.h
+++ b/src/ui/gui/helper.h
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ GtkAction * get_action_assert (GtkBuilder *builder, const gchar *name);
 GtkWidget * get_widget_assert (GtkBuilder *builder, const gchar *name);
 
 /* Converts a string in the pspp locale to utf-8 */
-char * pspp_locale_to_utf8 (const gchar *text, gssize len, GError **err);
+gchar * pspp_locale_to_utf8 (const gchar *text, gssize len, GError **err);
+gchar * utf8_to_pspp_locale (const gchar *text, gssize len, GError **err);
 
 
 void connect_help (GtkBuilder *);
diff --git a/src/ui/gui/psppire-data-store.c b/src/ui/gui/psppire-data-store.c
index f36fe38..45104f5 100644
--- a/src/ui/gui/psppire-data-store.c
+++ b/src/ui/gui/psppire-data-store.c
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ gboolean
 psppire_data_store_set_string (PsppireDataStore *store,
 			       const gchar *text, glong row, glong col)
 {
+  gchar *s;
   glong n_cases;
   const struct variable *pv = psppire_dict_get_variable (store->dict, col);
   if ( NULL == pv)
@@ -672,9 +673,12 @@ psppire_data_store_set_string (PsppireDataStore *store,
   if (row == n_cases)
     psppire_data_store_insert_new_case (store, row);
 
+  s = utf8_to_pspp_locale (text, -1, NULL);
+
   psppire_data_store_data_in (store, row,
-			      var_get_case_index (pv), ss_cstr (text),
+			      var_get_case_index (pv), ss_cstr (s),
 			      var_get_write_format (pv));
+  free (s);
 
   psppire_sheet_model_range_changed (PSPPIRE_SHEET_MODEL (store), row, col, row, col);