diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1aa9b08..f3134d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ obj
 packages
 .vs
 .suo
+.idea/.idea.CAOS
diff --git a/CAOS/CaosInjector.cs b/CAOS/CaosInjector.cs
index 27996f9..c957cda 100644
--- a/CAOS/CaosInjector.cs
+++ b/CAOS/CaosInjector.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class CaosInjector
         private EventWaitHandle ResultEventHandle;
         private EventWaitHandle RequestRventHandle;
         private string GameName;
+        private static readonly Encoding Encoder = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252);
 
         public CaosInjector(string gameName)
         {
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ public CaosResult ExecuteCaos(string CaosAsString, string Action = "execute")
         {
             //Need more exception checking here - JG
             InitInjector();
-            byte[] CaosBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Action + "\n" + CaosAsString + "\n");
+            byte[] CaosBytes = Encoder.GetBytes(Action + "\n" + CaosAsString + "\n");
             int BufferPosition = 24;
             Mutex.WaitOne(1000);
             foreach (byte Byte in CaosBytes)
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ public CaosResult ExecuteCaos(string CaosAsString, string Action = "execute")
             Mutex.ReleaseMutex();
             CloseInjector();
             Thread.Sleep(50);
-            return new CaosResult(ResultCode, Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ResultBytes), ProcessID);
+            return new CaosResult(ResultCode, Encoder.GetString(ResultBytes), ProcessID);
         }
 
         public int ProcessID()
diff --git a/Demo/Program.cs b/Demo/Program.cs
index 7783542..03d2fe4 100644
--- a/Demo/Program.cs
+++ b/Demo/Program.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ static void Main(string[] args)
             {
                 TryCatchStrategy(injector);
                 TryReturnBoolStrategy(injector);
+                TryCp1252Encoding(injector);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -64,5 +65,37 @@ private static void TryReturnBoolStrategy(CaosInjector injector)
                 Console.WriteLine("Execution failed. Game may have exited.");
             }
         }
+
+        private static void TryCp1252Encoding(CaosInjector injector)
+        {
+            CaosResult result;
+            var testString = "bonjour, ça va? très bien!";
+            if (injector.TryExecuteCaos($"outs \"{testString}\"", out result))
+            {
+                if (result.Success)
+                {
+                    var stringWithoutTerminator = result.Content.Substring(0, result.Content.Length - 1);
+                    if (stringWithoutTerminator == testString)
+                    {
+                        Console.WriteLine("CP1252 Encoding was used successfully");
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        Console.Error.WriteLine(
+                            "CP1252 result was unexpected. Expected: '" + testString +
+                                                "'; Found: '" + result.Content + "'");
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    Debug.Assert(result.ResultCode != 0);
+                    Console.WriteLine($"Error Code: {result.ResultCode}");
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("Execution failed. Game may have exited.");
+            }
+        }
     }
 }