@@ -1082,10 +1082,14 @@
 		data = [OFData dataWithContentsOfURL: URL];
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		[self release];
 		@throw e;
 	}
+
+	/* FIXME: Detect encoding where we can. */
+	if (encoding == OFStringEncodingAutodetect)
+		encoding = OFStringEncodingUTF8;
 
 	self = [self initWithCString: data.items
 			    encoding: encoding
 			      length: data.count * data.itemSize];