diff --git a/cle/backends/pe/regions.py b/cle/backends/pe/regions.py
index 00cbffda..35a64ee4 100644
--- a/cle/backends/pe/regions.py
+++ b/cle/backends/pe/regions.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class PESection(Section):
 
     def __init__(self, pe_section, remap_offset=0, name: str | None = None):
         super().__init__(
-            name or pe_section.Name.decode("latin-1"),  # ensure all bytes can be decoded
+            name or pe_section.Name.decode("utf-8"),  # ensure all bytes can be decoded
             pe_section.PointerToRawData,
             pe_section.VirtualAddress + remap_offset,
             pe_section.Misc_VirtualSize,