diff --git a/api/views.py b/api/views.py
index 0434fec..7b6ef08 100644
--- a/api/views.py
+++ b/api/views.py
@@ -443,7 +443,11 @@ def NCSwitchStandardFiles(request):
 		standard = Standards.objects.get(pk=request.GET.get('standardid'))
 		response_status = "OK"
 		for f in standard.addedfiles.all():
-			filesearchdata = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><d:searchrequest xmlns:d="DAV:" xmlns:oc="http://owncloud.org/ns"><d:basicsearch><d:select><d:prop><oc:fileid/><d:displayname/></d:prop></d:select><d:from><d:scope><d:href>/files/' + settings.NEXTCLOUD_USER_API + '/Agenturdaten_' + str(standard.agency.pk) + '</d:href><d:depth>infinity</d:depth></d:scope></d:from><d:where><d:like><d:prop><d:displayname/></d:prop><d:literal>' + str(f.name).encode('UTF-8')  + '</d:literal></d:like></d:where></d:basicsearch></d:searchrequest>'
+
+			file_name_normal = str(f.name).encode('UTF-8')
+			file_name_normal_utf8 = file_name_normal.decode('UTF-8')
+
+			filesearchdata = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><d:searchrequest xmlns:d="DAV:" xmlns:oc="http://owncloud.org/ns"><d:basicsearch><d:select><d:prop><oc:fileid/><d:displayname/></d:prop></d:select><d:from><d:scope><d:href>/files/' + settings.NEXTCLOUD_USER_API + '/Agenturdaten_' + str(standard.agency.pk) + '</d:href><d:depth>infinity</d:depth></d:scope></d:from><d:where><d:like><d:prop><d:displayname/></d:prop><d:literal>' + file_name_normal_utf8  + '</d:literal></d:like></d:where></d:basicsearch></d:searchrequest>'
 			r = requests.request("SEARCH", settings.NEXTCLOUD_URL +  "remote.php/dav", data=filesearchdata, auth=(settings.NEXTCLOUD_USER_API, settings.NEXTCLOUD_PW_API), headers={'Content-Type' : 'text/xml'})
 			fileid = getFileIdFromXML(r.text)
 			if(fileid == None):