diff --git a/src/main/java/de/marhali/easyi18n/io/properties/PropertiesIOStrategy.java b/src/main/java/de/marhali/easyi18n/io/properties/PropertiesIOStrategy.java
index a0063f8..0d3c9d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/marhali/easyi18n/io/properties/PropertiesIOStrategy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/marhali/easyi18n/io/properties/PropertiesIOStrategy.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class PropertiesIOStrategy implements IOStrategy {
                     data.addLocale(locale);
 
                     SortableProperties properties = new SortableProperties(state.isSortKeys());
-                    properties.load(new InputStreamReader(file.getInputStream()));
+                    properties.load(new InputStreamReader(file.getInputStream(), file.getCharset()));
                     PropertiesMapper.read(locale, properties, data);
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/marhali/easyi18n/io/yaml/YamlIOStrategy.java b/src/main/java/de/marhali/easyi18n/io/yaml/YamlIOStrategy.java
index f5e7557..fbb0ced 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/marhali/easyi18n/io/yaml/YamlIOStrategy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/marhali/easyi18n/io/yaml/YamlIOStrategy.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class YamlIOStrategy implements IOStrategy {
                     String locale = file.getNameWithoutExtension();
                     data.addLocale(locale);
 
-                    try(Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(file.getInputStream())) {
+                    try(Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(file.getInputStream(), file.getCharset())) {
                         Section section = Section.parseToMap(reader);
                         YamlMapper.read(locale, section, data.getRootNode());
                     }