diff --git a/CHANGED b/CHANGED
index f333df9cf..04a023234 100644
--- a/CHANGED
+++ b/CHANGED
@@ -342,3 +342,4 @@
 - ==DATE== (4.2)
   - feature: added archivedir/archivecmd to the the main logfile
   - feature: 99_Sunrise_EL.pm (does not need any Date modules)
+  - bugfix:  Seldom xmllist error resulting in corrupt xml (Martin/Peter, 4.9)
diff --git a/fhem.pl b/fhem.pl
index 79d49c5ad..b8fbf7b44 100755
--- a/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem.pl
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ my %intAt;			# Internal at timer hash.
 my $intAtCnt=0;
 my $reread_active = 0;
 my $AttrList = "room comment";
-my $cvsid = '$Id: fhem.pl,v 1.23 2007-08-06 18:17:28 rudolfkoenig Exp $';
+my $cvsid = '$Id: fhem.pl,v 1.24 2007-09-08 11:15:40 rudolfkoenig Exp $';
 
 $init_done = 0;
 
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ XmlEscape($)
   $a =~ s/"/"/g;
   $a =~ s/</&lt;/g;
   $a =~ s/>/&gt;/g;
-  $a =~ s/°/&#b0;/g;
+  $a =~ s/([^ -~])/sprintf("#%02x;", ord($1))/ge;
   return $a;
 }