diff --git a/lib/Handler/FooterHandler.php b/lib/Handler/FooterHandler.php
index 78b93d1e0..962c3188c 100644
--- a/lib/Handler/FooterHandler.php
+++ b/lib/Handler/FooterHandler.php
@@ -108,11 +108,7 @@ public function setTemplateVar(string $name, mixed $value): self {
 	}
 
 	private function getTemplateVars(): array {
-		$this->templateVars['signedBy'] = iconv(
-			'UTF-8',
-			'windows-1252',
-			$this->appConfig->getValueString(Application::APP_ID, 'footer_signed_by', $this->l10n->t('Digital signed by LibreSign.'))
-		);
+		$this->templateVars['signedBy'] = $this->appConfig->getValueString(Application::APP_ID, 'footer_signed_by', $this->l10n->t('Digital signed by LibreSign.'));
 
 		$this->templateVars['linkToSite'] = $this->appConfig->getValueString(Application::APP_ID, 'footer_link_to_site', 'https://libresign.coop');
 
@@ -130,6 +126,10 @@ private function getTemplateVars(): array {
 			$this->templateVars['validateIn'] = $this->l10n->t('Validate in %s.', ['%s']);
 		}
 
+		foreach ($this->templateVars as $key => $value) {
+			$this->templateVars[$key] = mb_convert_encoding($value, 'HTML-ENTITIES', 'UTF-8');
+		}
+
 		if ($this->appConfig->getValueBool(Application::APP_ID, 'write_qrcode_on_footer', true)) {
 			$this->templateVars['qrcode'] = $this->getQrCodeImageBase64($this->templateVars['validationSite']);
 		}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Handler/FooterHandlerTest.php b/tests/Unit/Handler/FooterHandlerTest.php
index 3571baded..d910552ea 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Handler/FooterHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Handler/FooterHandlerTest.php
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ public function testGetFooterWithSuccess(array $settings, array $expected): void
 				};
 			});
 		$pdf = $this->getClass()
-			->setTemplateVar('test', 'fake value')
 			->getFooter($file, $libresignFile);
 		if ($settings['add_footer']) {
 			$actual = $this->extractPdfContent($pdf, array_keys($expected));
@@ -118,7 +117,6 @@ public static function dataGetFooterWithSuccess(): array {
 						qrcodeSize:<?= $qrcodeSize ?><br />
 						signedBy:<?= $signedBy ?><br />
 						validateIn:<?= $validateIn ?><br />
-						test:<?= $test ?><br />
 						qrcode:<?= $qrcode ?>
 						</div>
 						HTML,
@@ -128,7 +126,6 @@ public static function dataGetFooterWithSuccess(): array {
 					'qrcodeSize' => '108',
 					'signedBy' => 'Digital signed by LibreSign.',
 					'validateIn' => 'Validate in %s.',
-					'test' => 'fake value',
 				]
 			],
 			[
@@ -143,16 +140,54 @@ public static function dataGetFooterWithSuccess(): array {
 						<div style="font-size:8px;">
 						signedBy:<?= $signedBy ?><br />
 						validateIn:<?= $validateIn ?><br />
-						test:<?= $test ?>
 						</div>
 						HTML,
 				],
 				[
 					'signedBy' => 'Digital signed by LibreSign.',
 					'validateIn' => 'Validate in %s.',
-					'test' => 'fake value',
 				]
-			]
+			],
+			[
+				[
+					'add_footer' => true,
+					'validation_site' => 'http://test.coop',
+					'write_qrcode_on_footer' => false,
+					'footer_link_to_site' => 'https://libresign.coop',
+					'footer_signed_by' => 'Signé numériquement avec LibreSign.',
+					'footer_validate_in' => 'Validate in %s',
+					'footer_template' => <<<'HTML'
+						<div style="font-size:8px;">
+						signedBy:<?= $signedBy ?><br />
+						validateIn:<?= $validateIn ?><br />
+						</div>
+						HTML,
+				],
+				[
+					'signedBy' => 'Signé numériquement avec LibreSign.',
+					'validateIn' => 'Validate in %s',
+				]
+			],
+			[
+				[
+					'add_footer' => true,
+					'validation_site' => 'http://test.coop',
+					'write_qrcode_on_footer' => false,
+					'footer_link_to_site' => 'https://libresign.coop',
+					'footer_signed_by' => 'Το αρχείο υπάρχει',
+					'footer_validate_in' => 'Validate in %s.',
+					'footer_template' => <<<'HTML'
+						<div style="font-size:8px;">
+						signedBy:<?= $signedBy ?><br />
+						validateIn:<?= $validateIn ?><br />
+						</div>
+						HTML,
+				],
+				[
+					'signedBy' => 'Το αρχείο υπάρχει',
+					'validateIn' => 'Validate in %s.',
+				]
+			],
 		];
 	}