diff --git a/app/import_presets/qif_standard/config.yml b/app/import_presets/qif_standard/config.yml
index 91ba715..b72534d 100644
--- a/app/import_presets/qif_standard/config.yml
+++ b/app/import_presets/qif_standard/config.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 settings:
   file_type: qif
   importing: transactions
+  encoding: cp1252
   date_format: "%d/%m/%Y"
   skip_errors: true