diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 72b68683..691cecdb 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public:
 
 int main (int argc, char * argv[]) {
 	VC<30, double> x(1.5), y(3.3);
-	double r;
+	double r = 0.0;
 	PITimeMeasurer tm;
 	for (int i=0; i<10000; i++)
 		r = x.dot(y);
diff --git a/src/core/pistring.cpp b/src/core/pistring.cpp
index cab4de47..5b507deb 100755
--- a/src/core/pistring.cpp
+++ b/src/core/pistring.cpp
@@ -271,6 +271,16 @@ const char * PIString::dataAscii() const {
 }
 
 
+PIByteArray PIString::toUTF8() const {
+	buildData(
+#ifdef PIP_ICU
+			"UTF-8"
+#endif
+					);
+	return data_.resized(data_.size_s() - 1);
+}
+
+
 PIString & PIString::operator +=(const char * str) {
 	int l = 0;
 	while (str[l] != '\0') ++l;
diff --git a/src/core/pistring.h b/src/core/pistring.h
index 8e7019fe..0b6735b3 100755
--- a/src/core/pistring.h
+++ b/src/core/pistring.h
@@ -502,6 +502,9 @@ public:
 	//! \brief Return \a PIByteArray contains \a data() of this string without terminating null-char
 	PIByteArray toByteArray() const {buildData(); return data_.resized(data_.size_s() - 1);}
 
+	//! \brief Return \a PIByteArray contains UTF-8 \a data() of this string without terminating null-char
+	PIByteArray toUTF8() const;
+
 	/*! \brief Split string with delimiter "delim" to \a PIStringList and return it
 	 * \details Example: \snippet pistring.cpp PIString::split */
 	PIStringList split(const PIString & delim) const;