diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38a1a8a..4dc9f7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ will output:
     Fédération Camerounaise de Football
     Fédération Camerounaise de Football
     
-Options:
+Flags:
 ========
 By default, `Encoding::fixUTF8` will use the `Encoding::WITHOUT_ICONV` flag, signalling that iconv should not be used to fix garbled UTF8 strings.
 
-This class also provides options for iconv processing, such as `Encoding::ICONV_TRANSLIT` and `Encoding::ICONV_IGNORE` to enable these flags when the iconv class is utilized. The functionality of such flags are documented in the [PHP iconv documentation](http://php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php).
+This class also provides flags for iconv processing, such as `Encoding::ICONV_TRANSLIT` and `Encoding::ICONV_IGNORE` to enable these flags when the iconv class is utilized. The functionality of such flags are documented in the [PHP iconv documentation](http://php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php).
 
 Examples:
 
@@ -61,12 +61,14 @@ Examples:
     echo Encoding::fixUTF8($str); // Will break U+2014
     echo Encoding::fixUTF8($str, Encoding::ICONV_IGNORE); // Will preserve U+2014
     echo Encoding::fixUTF8($str, Encoding::ICONV_TRANSLIT); // Will preserve U+2014
+    echo Encoding::fixUTF8($str, Encoding::ICONV_TRANSLIT | Encoding::ICONV_IGNORE); // Will preserve U+2014
 
 will output:
 
     Fédération Camerounaise?de?Football
     Fédération Camerounaise—de—Football
     Fédération Camerounaise—de—Football
+    Fédération Camerounaise—de—Football
 
 while:
 
@@ -76,12 +78,14 @@ while:
     echo Encoding::fixUTF8($str); // Will break invalid characters
     echo Encoding::fixUTF8($str, Encoding::ICONV_IGNORE); // Will remove invalid characters, keep those present in Win1252
     echo Encoding::fixUTF8($str, Encoding::ICONV_TRANSLIT); // Will trasliterate invalid characters, keep those present in Win1252
+    echo Encoding::fixUTF8($str, Encoding::ICONV_TRANSLIT | Encoding::ICONV_IGNORE); // Will trasliterate invalid (but legal) characters, remove illegal character in input string, keep those present in Win1252
 
 will output:
 
     ????????
     šž
     ceeišuuž
+    ceeišuuž
 
 
 Install via composer:
diff --git a/src/ForceUTF8/Encoding.php b/src/ForceUTF8/Encoding.php
index 2031592..55326bf 100644
--- a/src/ForceUTF8/Encoding.php
+++ b/src/ForceUTF8/Encoding.php
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
 
 class Encoding {
 
-  const ICONV_TRANSLIT = "TRANSLIT";
-  const ICONV_IGNORE = "IGNORE";
-  const WITHOUT_ICONV = "";
+  const ICONV_TRANSLIT = 1;
+  const ICONV_IGNORE = 2;
+  const WITHOUT_ICONV = 4;
 
   protected static $win1252ToUtf8 = array(
         128 => "\xe2\x82\xac",
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static function toUTF8($text){
           $c3 = $i+2 >= $max? "\x00" : $text[$i+2];
           $c4 = $i+3 >= $max? "\x00" : $text[$i+3];
             if($c1 >= "\xc0" & $c1 <= "\xdf"){ //looks like 2 bytes UTF8
-                if($c2 >= "\x80" && $c2 <= "\xbf"){ //yeah, almost sure it's UTF8 already
+                if($c2 < "\x80"){ //yeah, almost sure it's UTF8 already
                     $buf .= $c1 . $c2;
                     $i++;
                 } else { //not valid UTF8.  Convert it.
@@ -337,14 +337,24 @@ public static function encode($encodingLabel, $text)
     return self::toUTF8($text);
   }
 
-  protected static function utf8_decode($text, $option = self::WITHOUT_ICONV)
+  protected static function utf8_decode($text, $flags = self::WITHOUT_ICONV)
   {
-    if ($option == self::WITHOUT_ICONV || !function_exists('iconv')) {
+    if ($flags & self::WITHOUT_ICONV || !function_exists('iconv')) {
        $o = utf8_decode(
          str_replace(array_keys(self::$utf8ToWin1252), array_values(self::$utf8ToWin1252), self::toUTF8($text))
        );
     } else {
-       $o = iconv("UTF-8", "Windows-1252" . ($option === self::ICONV_TRANSLIT ? '//TRANSLIT' : ($option === self::ICONV_IGNORE ? '//IGNORE' : '')), $text);
+       $outCharsetParams = '';
+
+            if ($flags & self::ICONV_TRANSLIT) {
+                $outCharsetParams .= '//TRANSLIT';
+            }
+
+            if ($flags & self::ICONV_IGNORE) {
+                $outCharsetParams .= '//IGNORE';
+            }
+
+            $o = iconv("UTF-8", "Windows-1252" . $outCharsetParams, $text);
     }
     return $o;
   }
diff --git a/test/ForceUTF8Test.php b/test/ForceUTF8Test.php
index 02ec687..b5639b9 100644
--- a/test/ForceUTF8Test.php
+++ b/test/ForceUTF8Test.php
@@ -97,5 +97,8 @@ function test_double_encoded_arrays_fix(){
 Test::identical("fixUTF8() Example 4 still working.",
   Encoding::fixUTF8("Fédération Camerounaise de Football\n"),
   "Fédération Camerounaise de Football\n");
+Test::identical("fixUTF8() Example 5 still working.",
+    Encoding::fixUTF8("À \n"),
+    "À \n");
 
 Test::totals();