@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008-2021 Jonathan Schleifer <js@nil.im>
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2022 Jonathan Schleifer <js@nil.im>
  *
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * This file is part of ObjFW. It may be distributed under the terms of the
  * Q Public License 1.0, which can be found in the file LICENSE.QPL included in
@@ -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];