diff --git a/demo/c++/rundemo.cpp b/demo/c++/rundemo.cpp
index cb6c26c90..eb22729e9 100644
--- a/demo/c++/rundemo.cpp
+++ b/demo/c++/rundemo.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ int main ( int argc , char** argv)
         provpoly_style.add_rule(provpoly_rule_on);
 
         rule provpoly_rule_qc;
-        provpoly_rule_qc.set_filter(parse_expression("[NOM_FR] = 'Québec'"));
+        provpoly_rule_qc.set_filter(parse_expression("[NOM_FR] = 'Québec'"));
         provpoly_rule_qc.append(polygon_symbolizer(color(217, 235, 203)));
         provpoly_style.add_rule(provpoly_rule_qc);
 
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ int main ( int argc , char** argv)
             parameters p;
             p["type"]="shape";
             p["file"]="../data/boundaries";
+            p["encoding"]="latin1";
 
             layer lyr("Provinces");
             lyr.set_datasource(datasource_cache::instance()->create(p));