1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
index 728cda0..384f716 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
         }
 
         public static Encoding UTF8 = Encoding.UTF8;
+        public static Encoding UTF8NoBomEncoding = new UTF8Encoding(false);
 
         /// <value>
         /// Well known UUID for the blank texture used in the Linden SL viewer version 1.20 (and hopefully onwards) 
@@ -1248,8 +1249,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
 
         public static string Base64ToString(string str)
         {
-            UTF8Encoding encoder = new UTF8Encoding();
-            Decoder utf8Decode = encoder.GetDecoder();
+            Decoder utf8Decode = Encoding.UTF8.GetDecoder();
 
             byte[] todecode_byte = Convert.FromBase64String(str);
             int charCount = utf8Decode.GetCharCount(todecode_byte, 0, todecode_byte.Length);