diff --git a/invesalius/data/viewer_volume.py b/invesalius/data/viewer_volume.py
index 8718060..395a8dd 100755
--- a/invesalius/data/viewer_volume.py
+++ b/invesalius/data/viewer_volume.py
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ class Viewer(wx.Panel):
             self.raycasting_volume = False
         if  self.slice_plane:
             self.Disable()
+            #slice_plane_...SetInteractor(self.interactor._Iren)
         self.mouse_pressed = 0
         self.on_wl = False
         
diff --git a/invesalius/data/vtk_utils.py b/invesalius/data/vtk_utils.py
index 332b723..71983ed 100644
--- a/invesalius/data/vtk_utils.py
+++ b/invesalius/data/vtk_utils.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Text(object):
         # With some encoding in some dicom fields (like name) raises a
         # UnicodeEncodeError because they have non-ascii characters. To avoid
         # that we encode in utf-8.
-        self.mapper.SetInput(value.encode("utf-8"))
+        self.mapper.SetInput(value.encode("cp1252"))
 
     def SetPosition(self, position):
         self.actor.GetPositionCoordinate().SetValue(position[0],
diff --git a/invesalius/gui/default_viewers.py b/invesalius/gui/default_viewers.py
index 1583820..a2e8764 100755
--- a/invesalius/gui/default_viewers.py
+++ b/invesalius/gui/default_viewers.py
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@ class VolumeToolPanel(wx.Panel):
     def __bind_events(self):
         ps.Publisher().subscribe(self.ChangeButtonColour,
                                  'Change volume viewer gui colour')
+        ps.Publisher().subscribe(self.DisablePreset, 'Close project data')
+
+    def DisablePreset(self, pubsub_evt):
+        self.off_item.Check(1)
+
 
     def __bind_events_wx(self):
         self.button_slice_plane.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN, self.OnButtonSlicePlane)
@@ -422,6 +427,7 @@ class VolumeToolPanel(wx.Panel):
             item = wx.MenuItem(menu, id, name, kind=wx.ITEM_RADIO)
             menu.AppendItem(item)
             if name == const.RAYCASTING_OFF_LABEL:
+                self.off_item = item
                 item.Check(1)
             ID_TO_NAME[id] = name
 
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