diff --git lib/settings_controller_patch.rb lib/settings_controller_patch.rb
index 363cf1b..08ec31f 100644
--- lib/settings_controller_patch.rb
+++ lib/settings_controller_patch.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ module SettingsControllerPatch
             redirect_to :action => 'plugin', :id => @plugin.id
             return
           end
+          
+          # Workaround for IssueID: #1080
+          desc = params[:settings][:banner_description]
+          if desc.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
+            params[:settings][:banner_description] = desc.force_encoding('UTF-8')
+          end  
         rescue => ex
           # Argument Error
           # TODO: Exception will happen about 2038 problem. (Fixed on Ruby1.9)
@@ -87,6 +93,7 @@ module SettingsControllerPatch
         end     
       end
       # Continue to do default action
+      
       plugin_without_banner_date_validation
     end
   end