diff --git a/.meteor/versions b/.meteor/versions
index 525ded9bc..3265e7e7c 100644
--- a/.meteor/versions
+++ b/.meteor/versions
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ accounts-ui@1.1.5
 accounts-ui-unstyled@1.1.7
 aldeed:autoform@5.1.2
 aldeed:collection2@2.3.3
+aldeed:http@0.2.2
 aldeed:simple-schema@1.3.2
 aldeed:template-extension@3.4.3
 anti:i18n@0.4.3
diff --git a/client/views/posts/post_submit.js b/client/views/posts/post_submit.js
index 8a348d0bd..d17aca4bb 100644
--- a/client/views/posts/post_submit.js
+++ b/client/views/posts/post_submit.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AutoForm.hooks({
   submitPostForm: {
 
     before: {
-      submitPost: function(doc) {
+      method: function(doc) {
 
         this.template.$('button[type=submit]').addClass('loading');
 
diff --git a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/.npm/package/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/.npm/package/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index d35307261..28deebea3 100644
--- a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/.npm/package/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/.npm/package/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
     "he": {
       "version": "0.5.0"
     },
+    "iconv-lite": {
+      "version": "0.4.7"
+    },
     "to-markdown": {
       "version": "0.0.2"
     }
diff --git a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/server/fetch_feeds.js b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/server/fetch_feeds.js
index c97575287..1ba209379 100644
--- a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/server/fetch_feeds.js
+++ b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/server/fetch_feeds.js
@@ -2,11 +2,36 @@ var toMarkdown = Npm.require('to-markdown').toMarkdown;
 var he = Npm.require('he');
 var FeedParser = Npm.require('feedparser');
 var Readable = Npm.require('stream').Readable;
+var iconv = Npm.require('iconv-lite');
 
 var getFirstAdminUser = function() {
   return Meteor.users.findOne({isAdmin: true}, {sort: {createdAt: 1}});
 };
 
+var normalizeEncoding = function (contentBuffer) {
+  // got from https://github.com/szwacz/sputnik/
+  var encoding;
+  var content = contentBuffer.toString();
+
+  var xmlDeclaration = content.match(/^<\?xml .*\?>/);
+  if (xmlDeclaration) {
+    var encodingDeclaration = xmlDeclaration[0].match(/encoding=("|').*?("|')/);
+    if (encodingDeclaration) {
+      encoding = encodingDeclaration[0].substring(10, encodingDeclaration[0].length - 1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (encoding && encoding.toLowerCase() !== 'utf-8') {
+    try {
+      content = iconv.decode(contentBuffer, encoding);
+    } catch (err) {
+      // detected encoding is not supported, leave it as it is
+    }
+  }
+
+  return content;
+};
+
 var feedHandler = {
   getStream: function(content) {
     var stream = new Readable();
@@ -17,9 +42,9 @@ var feedHandler = {
   },
 
   getItemCategories: function(item, feedCategories) {
-    
+
     var itemCategories = [];
-    
+
     // loop over RSS categories for the current item if it has any
     if (item.categories && item.categories.length > 0) {
       item.categories.forEach(function(name) {
@@ -41,7 +66,8 @@ var feedHandler = {
     return itemCategories;
   },
 
-  handle: function(content, userId, feedCategories, feedId) {
+  handle: function(contentBuffer, userId, feedCategories, feedId) {
+    var content = normalizeEncoding(contentBuffer);
     var stream = this.getStream(content),
     feedParser = new FeedParser(),
     newItemsCount = 0,
@@ -115,7 +141,7 @@ var feedHandler = {
 };
 
 var fetchFeeds = function() {
-  var content;
+  var contentBuffer;
 
   Feeds.find().forEach(function(feed) {
 
@@ -125,8 +151,8 @@ var fetchFeeds = function() {
     var feedId = feed._id;
 
     try {
-      content = HTTP.get(feed.url).content;
-      feedHandler.handle(content, userId, feedCategories, feedId);
+      contentBuffer = HTTP.get(feed.url, {responseType: 'buffer'}).content;
+      feedHandler.handle(contentBuffer, userId, feedCategories, feedId);
     } catch (error) {
       console.log(error);
       return true; // just go to next feed URL
@@ -144,4 +170,4 @@ Meteor.methods({
   testToMarkdown: function (text) {
     console.log(toMarkdown(text));
   }
-})
+});
diff --git a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/package.js b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/package.js
index f635cf5e9..325e8ba10 100644
--- a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/package.js
+++ b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/package.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Package.describe({
 Npm.depends({
   'feedparser': '1.0.0',
   'to-markdown': '0.0.2',
-  'he': '0.5.0'
+  'he': '0.5.0',
+  'iconv-lite': '0.4.7'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
@@ -29,15 +30,16 @@ Package.onUse(function(api) {
 
   api.use([
     'http',
+    'aldeed:http@0.2.2',
     'momentjs:moment',
     'percolatestudio:synced-cron'
   ], 'server');
 
-  api.add_files([
+  api.addFiles([
     'lib/feeds.js'
   ], ['client', 'server']);
 
-  api.add_files([
+  api.addFiles([
     'lib/client/routes.js',
     'lib/client/scss/feeds.scss',
     'lib/client/templates/feeds.js',
@@ -46,13 +48,13 @@ Package.onUse(function(api) {
     'lib/client/templates/feed_item.html',
   ], 'client');
 
-  api.add_files([
+  api.addFiles([
     'lib/server/fetch_feeds.js',
     'lib/server/cron.js',
     'lib/server/publications.js'
   ], ['server']);
 
-  api.add_files([
+  api.addFiles([
     "i18n/en.i18n.json"
   ], ["client", "server"]);