diff --git a/lib/constants.d.ts b/lib/constants.d.ts
index cea73f5c8..4c4724753 100644
--- a/lib/constants.d.ts
+++ b/lib/constants.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+/// <reference types="node" />
 export interface ActionInterface {
     /** Allows you to log the retrieved data to the terminal. */
     debug?: boolean;
+    /** The encoding of the data to be finally stored */
+    encoding?: BufferEncoding;
     /** The primary endpoint to fetch data from. */
     endpoint: string;
     /** The configuration for the primary endpoint. Must be a stringified JSON object. */
@@ -35,6 +38,8 @@ export interface DataInterface {
 export interface ExportInterface {
     /** The data to save. */
     data: string;
+    /** The encoding of the data to be finally stored */
+    encoding?: BufferEncoding;
     /** The save location. */
     saveLocation?: string;
     /** The name of the file to save. */
@@ -44,6 +49,7 @@ export interface ExportInterface {
 }
 export declare const action: {
     debug: boolean;
+    encoding: BufferEncoding;
     endpoint: string;
     configuration: string;
     tokenEndpoint: string;
diff --git a/lib/constants.js b/lib/constants.js
index d9a534002..de2b61850 100644
--- a/lib/constants.js
+++ b/lib/constants.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ exports.action = {
     debug: !(0, util_1.isNullOrUndefined)((0, core_1.getInput)('debug'))
         ? (0, core_1.getInput)('debug').toLowerCase() === 'true'
         : false,
+    encoding: (0, core_1.getInput)('encoding'),
     endpoint: (0, core_1.getInput)('endpoint'),
     configuration: (0, core_1.getInput)('configuration'),
     tokenEndpoint: (0, core_1.getInput)('token-endpoint'),
diff --git a/lib/fetch.d.ts b/lib/fetch.d.ts
index 601f794b8..2ee70bc8e 100644
--- a/lib/fetch.d.ts
+++ b/lib/fetch.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import 'cross-fetch/polyfill';
 import { DataInterface, ExportInterface, Status } from './constants';
 export declare function retrieveData({ debug: requestDebug, endpoint, configuration, auth, isTokenRequest, retry }: DataInterface): Promise<string>;
-export declare function generateExport({ data, format, saveLocation, saveName }: ExportInterface): Promise<Status>;
+export declare function generateExport({ data, encoding, format, saveLocation, saveName }: ExportInterface): Promise<Status>;
diff --git a/lib/fetch.js b/lib/fetch.js
index 7d42a2805..f7056c6ed 100644
--- a/lib/fetch.js
+++ b/lib/fetch.js
@@ -56,22 +56,27 @@ function retrieveData({ debug: requestDebug, endpoint, configuration, auth, isTo
             });
         }
         catch (error) {
-            throw new Error(`There was an error fetching from the API: ${error}`);
+            throw new Error(`There was an error fetching from the API: ${error} ❌`);
         }
     });
 }
 exports.retrieveData = retrieveData;
 /* Saves the data to the local file system and exports an environment variable containing the retrieved data. */
-function generateExport({ data, format, saveLocation, saveName }) {
+function generateExport({ data, encoding, format, saveLocation, saveName }) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         (0, core_1.info)('Saving the data... 📁');
         const file = `${saveLocation ? saveLocation : 'fetch-api-data-action'}/${saveName ? saveName : 'data'}.${format ? format : 'json'}`;
-        yield (0, io_1.mkdirP)(`${saveLocation ? saveLocation : 'fetch-api-data-action'}`);
-        yield fs_1.promises.writeFile(file, data, 'utf8');
-        (0, core_1.info)(`Saved ${file} 💾`);
-        yield fs_1.promises.writeFile(`${saveLocation ? saveLocation : 'fetch-api-data-action'}/${saveName ? saveName : 'data'}.json`, data, 'utf8');
-        (0, core_1.exportVariable)('fetch-api-data', data);
-        return constants_1.Status.SUCCESS;
+        const dataEncoding = encoding ? encoding : 'utf8';
+        try {
+            yield (0, io_1.mkdirP)(`${saveLocation ? saveLocation : 'fetch-api-data-action'}`);
+            yield fs_1.promises.writeFile(file, data, dataEncoding);
+            (0, core_1.info)(`Saved ${file} 💾`);
+            (0, core_1.exportVariable)('fetch-api-data', data);
+            return constants_1.Status.SUCCESS;
+        }
+        catch (error) {
+            throw new Error(`There was an error generating the export file: ${error} ❌`);
+        }
     });
 }
 exports.generateExport = generateExport;
diff --git a/lib/lib.js b/lib/lib.js
index f41937842..727e3a4da 100644
--- a/lib/lib.js
+++ b/lib/lib.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ function run(configuration) {
             });
             status = yield (0, fetch_1.generateExport)({
                 data,
+                encoding: settings.encoding,
                 saveLocation: settings.saveLocation,
                 saveName: settings.saveName,
                 format: settings.format