JSON - unicode characters (hållo world!)

Hi community,

I'm trying to load external data via the new JSON data-driven animation feature in CC17.

While this seems to work like a charm, more exotic data such as the string : "hällø" won't import correctly.

Do I need to convert all of those unicode characters to their Javascript string equivalents, or is there a better way?

Thanks so much!

Filip

eg.

JSON file:

{

"test": "hållo",

}

AE text source expression:

var data = footage("sample1.json").sourceData;

data.test;

Result:

HÃ¥LLO