diff -urN gtkam-0.1.12.orig/src/gtkam-save.c gtkam-0.1.12/src/gtkam-save.c
--- gtkam-0.1.12.orig/src/gtkam-save.c	2004-04-18 12:46:22 +0300
+++ gtkam-0.1.12/src/gtkam-save.c	2004-06-23 22:54:42 +0300
@@ -324,8 +324,9 @@
 		} else {
 
 			/* Use filename in prefix */
-			prefix = gtk_entry_get_text (
-					GTK_ENTRY (save->priv->prefix_entry));
+			prefix = g_locale_from_utf8 (gtk_entry_get_text
+					(GTK_ENTRY (save->priv->prefix_entry)), -1,
+					NULL, NULL, NULL);
 			if (!g_strcasecmp (prefix, "")) prefix = _("photo");
 
 			suffix = strrchr (mime_type, '/');