diff --git a/pmd-netbeans/nbproject/project.properties b/pmd-netbeans/nbproject/project.properties
index eeab2d0d78..a017351b44 100644
--- a/pmd-netbeans/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/pmd-netbeans/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ nbm.distribution=http://pmd.sourceforge.net/
 
 license.file=LICENSE.txt
 nbm.homepage=http://pmd.sourceforge.net/
-nbm.module.author=Ole-Martin M\u00c3\u00b8rk, Gunnlaugur \u00c3\u009e\u00c3\u00b3r Briem, Radim Kubacki
+nbm.module.author=Ole-Martin Mørk, Gunnlaugur Þór Briem, Radim Kubacki
 #netbeans.dest.dir - absolute pathname of NB platform (or IDE or whatever) that
 #you are building your module against, and into which your module will be built.
 #Available in project.properties.