diff --git a/linkcheck/parser/__init__.py b/linkcheck/parser/__init__.py
index 7f6ad51b..45f8e84d 100644
--- a/linkcheck/parser/__init__.py
+++ b/linkcheck/parser/__init__.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def find_links (url_data, callback, tags):
     handler.parser = parser
     # parse
     try:
-        content = url_data.get_content()
+        content = url_data.get_raw_content()
         with parse_mutex:
             parser.feed(content)
             parser.flush()
diff --git a/tests/checker/data/utf8.html.result b/tests/checker/data/utf8.html.result
index e69de29b..814ffd71 100644
--- a/tests/checker/data/utf8.html.result
+++ b/tests/checker/data/utf8.html.result
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+url file://%(curdir)s/%(datadir)s/utf8.html
+cache key file://%(curdir)s/%(datadir)s/utf8.html
+real url file://%(curdir)s/%(datadir)s/utf8.html
+name %(datadir)s/utf8.html
+valid