diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5ccac0d8..1474c695 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4782,6 +4782,8 @@ v0.33.20        10-Feb-2002
 		The mbfile move command now also moves the thumbnails.
 		Better console error reporting when files are copied.
 		Removed nonsense error message when stopped on a signal.
+		The html file indexes now have better translation from ANSI
+		to low ascii and html codes.
 
 	mball:
 		Will not crash anymore when it needs more then 10 minutes to
diff --git a/lib/mbdiesel.c b/lib/mbdiesel.c
index 85a1f406..bf6579b0 100644
--- a/lib/mbdiesel.c
+++ b/lib/mbdiesel.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ void html_massage(char *inbuf, char *outbuf)
                         case 174:       sprintf(outptr, "®");       break;
                         case 175:       sprintf(outptr, "¯");      break;
                         case 176:       sprintf(outptr, "°");       break;
-                        case 177:       sprintf(outptr, "&plumn;");     break;
+                        case 177:       sprintf(outptr, "&plumin;");    break;
                         case 178:       sprintf(outptr, "²");      break;
                         case 179:       sprintf(outptr, "³");      break;
                         case 180:       sprintf(outptr, "´");     break;
diff --git a/mbfido/mbfindex.c b/mbfido/mbfindex.c
index af1f1595..2ddceabd 100644
--- a/mbfido/mbfindex.c
+++ b/mbfido/mbfindex.c
@@ -61,6 +61,51 @@ static char *months[]= {(char *)"Jan",(char *)"Feb",(char *)"Mar",
 			(char *)"Oct",(char *)"Nov",(char *)"Dec"};
 
 
+/*
+ * Translation table from Hi-USA-ANSI to low ASCII and HTML codes,
+ */
+char htmltab[] = {
+	"\000\001\002\003\004\005\006\007\010\011\012\013\014\015\016\017"
+	"\020\021\022\023\024\025\026\027\030\031\032\033\034\035\036\037"
+	"\040\041\042\043\044\045\046\047\050\051\052\053\054\055\056\057"
+	"\060\061\062\063\064\065\066\067\070\071\072\073\074\075\076\077"
+	"\100\101\102\103\104\105\106\107\110\111\112\113\114\115\116\117"
+	"\120\121\122\123\124\125\126\127\130\131\132\133\134\135\136\137"
+	"\140\141\142\143\144\145\146\147\150\151\152\153\154\155\156\157"
+	"\160\161\162\163\164\165\166\167\170\171\172\173\174\175\176\177"
+	"\103\374\351\342\344\340\345\143\352\353\350\357\357\354\304\305" /* done */
+	"\311\346\306\364\366\362\374\371\171\326\334\244\243\245\120\146" /* done */
+	"\341\355\363\372\361\321\141\157\277\055\055\275\274\241\074\076" /* done */
+	"\043\043\043\174\053\053\053\053\053\043\174\043\043\053\053\053" /* done */
+	"\053\053\053\053\053\053\053\053\043\043\043\043\043\075\043\053" /* done */
+	"\053\053\053\053\053\053\053\053\053\053\053\043\043\043\043\043" /* done */
+	"\141\102\114\156\105\157\265\370\060\060\060\157\070\330\145\156" /* doesn't look good */
+	"\075\261\076\074\146\146\367\075\260\267\267\126\262\262\267\040" /* almost */
+};
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Translate a string from ANSI to safe HTML characters
+ */
+char *To_Html(char *);
+char *To_Html(char *inp)
+{
+    static char	temp[256];
+    int		i;
+
+    memset(&temp, 0, sizeof(temp));
+    strncpy(temp, inp, 80);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < strlen(temp); i++)
+	temp[i] = htmltab[temp[i] & 0xff];
+
+    return temp;
+}
+
+
+
+
 void tidy_index(Findex **);
 void tidy_index(Findex **fap)
 {
@@ -293,7 +338,7 @@ void Index(void)
     int			Total = 0, aTotal = 0, inArea = 0, filenr;
     int			fbAreas = 0, fbFiles = 0;
     char		*sAreas, *fAreas, *newdir = NULL, *sIndex, *fn, *temp;
-    char		linebuf[1024], outbuf[1024], desc[1500];
+    char		linebuf[1024], outbuf[1024], desc[6400];
     time_t		last = 0L, later;
     Findex		*fdx = NULL;
     Findex		*tmp;
@@ -548,7 +593,7 @@ void Index(void)
 					sprintf(desc+k, "\n");
 					k += 1;
 				    }
-				    sprintf(linebuf, "%s", strkconv(file.Desc[j], CHRS_DEFAULT_FTN, CHRS_DEFAULT_RFC));
+				    sprintf(linebuf, "%s", To_Html(file.Desc[j]));
 				    html_massage(linebuf, outbuf);
 				    sprintf(desc+k, "%s", outbuf);
 				    k += strlen(outbuf);