diff --git a/latexdiff b/latexdiff
index 73f032b..a397d30 100755
--- a/latexdiff
+++ b/latexdiff
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 #  - add more mboxsafecmd and safecmd commands for SIunitx to stay compatible with newer versionsof SIunitx (PR #283, fixing issue #282, contributed by github user joe6302413)
 #  - File added via --preamble option is no longer assumed to be ASCII, but read either with encoding as defined by --encoding option or using the encoding of the LOCALE (fixes issue #285 )
 #  - multicolumn argument is now treated as text
+#  - when tikz-dependency package is used, \& is no longer a safe command as it has special meaning inside dependency environment.  The fix is a little of a hack as really it should only be considered unsafe within dependency environment (fixes (mostly) issue #303 )
+#  - listings package had trouble with non-ASCII chars. The encoding is now set (thanks to github user anka-213 for finding this). Fixes #304
 #
 # Version 1.3.3:
 # New features:
@@ -923,7 +925,7 @@ if (defined($labels[1])) {
 $encoding=guess_encoding($newfile) unless defined($encoding);
 
 $encoding = "utf8" if $encoding =~ m/^utf8/i ;
-###print STDERR "Encoding $encoding\n" if $verbose;
+print STDERR "Encoding $encoding\n" if $verbose;
 if (lc($encoding) eq "utf8" ) {
   binmode(STDOUT, ":utf8");
   binmode(STDERR, ":utf8");
@@ -1172,7 +1174,7 @@ if ( defined($packages{"listings"}) or `kpsewhich listings.sty` ne "" ) {
   }
   my @listingDIFcode=();
   my $replaced;
-  # note that in case user supplies preamblefile the type might not reflect well the
+  # note that in case user supplies preamblefile the type might not reflect well the actual markup style
   @listingDIFcode=extrapream("-nofail","DIFCODE_" . $type) unless defined($preamblefile);
   if (!(@listingDIFcode)) {
     # if listingDIFcode is empty try to guess a suitable one from the preamble
@@ -1186,6 +1188,10 @@ if ( defined($packages{"listings"}) or `kpsewhich listings.sty` ne "" ) {
       @listingDIFcode=extrapream("DIFCODE_BOLD");
     }
   }
+  # add configuration so that listings work with utf-8
+  push @listingpreamble, '\lstset{extendedchars=\true,inputencoding='.$encoding."}\n";
+
+
   # now splice it in
   $replaced=0;
   ###print STDERR "DEBUG: listingDIFcode: ",join("\n",@listingDIFcode),"|||\n" if $debug;
@@ -1334,6 +1340,10 @@ if (defined $packages{"mhchem"} ) {
   # push(@MATHTEXTCMDLIST,'cee');
 }
 
+if ( defined $packages{"tikz-dependency"} ) {
+  init_regex_arr_ext(\@SAFECMDEXCL, 'AMPERSAND');
+}
+
 
 my ( $citpat);
 
diff --git a/testsuite/tikz-dependency-test-new.tex b/testsuite/tikz-dependency-test-new.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..674ea84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tikz-dependency-test-new.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+\documentclass{article}
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage{tikz-dependency}
+\begin{document}
+    \begin{dependency}
+        \begin{deptext}[column sep=0.4cm]
+              the\_Det : Det \& black\_A : A \& cat\_N : N \\
+              \& PositA black\_A : AP \&  \\
+        \end{deptext}
+        \depedge{3}{1}{det}
+        \depedge{3}{2}{amod}
+        \deproot{3}{root}
+    \end{dependency}
+\end{document}
+
diff --git a/testsuite/tikz-dependency-test-old.tex b/testsuite/tikz-dependency-test-old.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ae1dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tikz-dependency-test-old.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+\documentclass{article}
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage{tikz-dependency}
+\begin{document}
+No content
+\end{document}
+
diff --git a/testsuite/verify b/testsuite/verify
index 6a611c5..99f4391 100755
--- a/testsuite/verify
+++ b/testsuite/verify
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ set testroots=( test rapine_et_al island_obs2004 texdiffsample gershwin12 "gersh
 delequ latin9 pollack move-equation nomarkup subscript doubledollar intertext \
 DIFDELCMDBUG eqnarray eqnarray2 subscriptm delequ2 schneider gennady umesh underwood endfloat endfloat2 outerrise \
 delequ3 delequ4 "simplefrac --allow-spaces" "master --flatten" "subfile --flatten" "import --flatten" titlediffTest2 exampleDiff bornd2 split \
-"rolla --math-markup=2" mini "complex-maths --math-markup=1" margalit oubmath circonflex mwe-comment "apacite-test --flatten" quoteddollarunderscore units complicated-math move-equation2 lists "figures --graphics-markup=both" alignat "safecmd --append-safecmd=remark" verbatim verbatim2-is143 embedded-math-array "verbatim-input --flatten" anchordemo 'customdiffcmdtest --add-to-config "CUSTOMDIFCMD=blindtext;mypar;donothing;cmd"' description frac_w_space_comments multicolumn \
+"rolla --math-markup=2" mini "complex-maths --math-markup=1" margalit oubmath circonflex mwe-comment "apacite-test --flatten" quoteddollarunderscore units complicated-math move-equation2 lists "figures --graphics-markup=both" alignat "safecmd --append-safecmd=remark" verbatim verbatim2-is143 embedded-math-array "verbatim-input --flatten" anchordemo 'customdiffcmdtest --add-to-config "CUSTOMDIFCMD=blindtext;mypar;donothing;cmd"' description frac_w_space_comments multicolumn tikz-dependency-test.tex
 "href-in-bibliography --append-safecmd=path" revtex-bibliography biblatex 'txtcmd-with-multiple-arguments --append-textcmd=cmd' \
 "no-del --no-del"  \
 ) # siunitx