diff --git a/platform/javascript/javascript_singleton.cpp b/platform/javascript/javascript_singleton.cpp
index dc8c49d2c9..c274ce7b8f 100644
--- a/platform/javascript/javascript_singleton.cpp
+++ b/platform/javascript/javascript_singleton.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Variant JavaScriptObjectImpl::_js2variant(int p_type, godot_js_wrapper_ex *p_val
 		case Variant::REAL:
 			return p_val->r;
 		case Variant::STRING: {
-			String out((const char *)p_val->p);
+			String out = String::utf8((const char *)p_val->p);
 			free(p_val->p);
 			return out;
 		}