diff --git a/companion/src/eeprominterface.cpp b/companion/src/eeprominterface.cpp
index f251a539c..2471d1f10 100644
--- a/companion/src/eeprominterface.cpp
+++ b/companion/src/eeprominterface.cpp
@@ -1394,6 +1394,34 @@ bool ModelData::isempty()
   return !used;
 }
 
+QString removeAccents(const QString & str)
+{
+  QString result = str;
+
+  // UTF-8 ASCII Table
+  const QString tA[] = { "á", "â", "ã", "à" };
+  const QString tE[] = { "é", "è", "ê", "ě" };
+  const QString tI[] = { "í" };
+  const QString tO[] = { "ó", "ô", "õ", "ö" };
+  const QString tU[] = { "ú", "ü" };
+  const QString tC[] = { "ç" };
+  const QString tY[] = { "ý" };
+  const QString tS[] = { "š" };
+  const QString tR[] = { "ř" };
+
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DIM(tA); i++) result.replace(tA[i], "a");
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DIM(tE); i++) result.replace(tE[i], "e");
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DIM(tI); i++) result.replace(tI[i], "i");
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DIM(tO); i++) result.replace(tO[i], "o");
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DIM(tU); i++) result.replace(tU[i], "u");
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DIM(tC); i++) result.replace(tC[i], "c");
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DIM(tY); i++) result.replace(tY[i], "y");
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DIM(tS); i++) result.replace(tS[i], "s");
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DIM(tR); i++) result.replace(tR[i], "r");
+
+  return result;
+}
+
 void ModelData::setDefaultInputs(const GeneralSettings & settings)
 {
   if (IS_TARANIS(GetEepromInterface()->getBoard())) {
@@ -1403,7 +1431,7 @@ void ModelData::setDefaultInputs(const GeneralSettings & settings)
       expo->mode = INPUT_MODE_BOTH;
       expo->srcRaw = settings.getDefaultSource(i);
       expo->weight = 100;
-      strncpy(inputNames[i], expo->srcRaw.toString(this).toLatin1().constData(), sizeof(inputNames[i])-1);
+      strncpy(inputNames[i], removeAccents(expo->srcRaw.toString(this)).toLatin1().constData(), sizeof(inputNames[i])-1);
     }
   }
 }