@@ -114,10 +114,13 @@
 {
 	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
 	OFStream *file;
 	OFINICategory *category = nil;
 	OFString *line;
+
+	if (encoding == OFStringEncodingAutodetect)
+		encoding = OFStringEncodingUTF8;
 
 	@try {
 		file = [OFURLHandler openItemAtURL: URL mode: @"r"];
 	} @catch (OFOpenItemFailedException *e) {
 		/* Handle missing file like an empty file */