diff --git a/panels_ipe/plugins/display_renderers/panels_renderer_ipe.class.php b/panels_ipe/plugins/display_renderers/panels_renderer_ipe.class.php
index c8f9d88..7300f93 100644
--- a/panels_ipe/plugins/display_renderers/panels_renderer_ipe.class.php
+++ b/panels_ipe/plugins/display_renderers/panels_renderer_ipe.class.php
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class panels_renderer_ipe extends panels_renderer_editor {
     $classes = 'panels-ipe-region';
 
     ctools_include('cleanstring');
-    $region_id = ctools_cleanstring($region_id);
+    $region_id = ctools_cleanstring($region_id,array('reduce ascii'=>false));
     return "<div id='panels-ipe-regionid-$region_id' class='panels-ipe-region'>$output</div>";
   }