diff --git a/src/install.sh b/src/install.sh
index e0be8f8..2757f4a 100644
--- a/src/install.sh
+++ b/src/install.sh
@@ -615,7 +615,9 @@ detectImage() {
     warn "failed to locate 'install.wim' or 'install.esd' in ISO image, $FB" && return 1
   fi
 
-  info=$(wimlib-imagex info -xml "$wim" | tr -d '\000')
+  wimlib-imagex info -xml "$wim" > wimxml.xml
+  iconv -f UTF-16LE -t UTF-8 wimxml.xml -o wimxmlutf8.xml
+  info=$(cat wimxmlutf8.xml)
   checkPlatform "$info" || exit 67
 
   DETECTED=$(detectVersion "$info")