diff --git a/src/helma/util/HtmlEncoder.java b/src/helma/util/HtmlEncoder.java
index 3fc87634..f08d69e4 100644
--- a/src/helma/util/HtmlEncoder.java
+++ b/src/helma/util/HtmlEncoder.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public final class HtmlEncoder {
     static final String[] transform =  {
         "€",   // 128
         "",           // empty string means character is undefined in unicode
-        "‚", 
+        "‚",
         "ƒ",
         "„",
         "…",
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ public final class HtmlEncoder {
 	            if (c < 0x20) {
 	                // sort out invalid XML characters below 0x20 - all but 0x9, 0xA and 0xD.
 	                // The trick is an adaption of java.lang.Character.isSpace().
-	                if (((((1L << 0x9) | (1L << 0xA) | (1L << 0xD)) >> ch) & 1L) != 0)
+	                if (((((1L << 0x9) | (1L << 0xA) | (1L << 0xD)) >> c) & 1L) != 0)
 	                    ret.append (c);
 	            } else {
 	                ret.append (c);