diff --git a/Plugins/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Sega/DataFormats/PropertyList/A3DA/A3DADataFormat.cs b/Plugins/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Sega/DataFormats/PropertyList/A3DA/A3DADataFormat.cs
index 3eba7073..9b4ef8fa 100644
--- a/Plugins/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Sega/DataFormats/PropertyList/A3DA/A3DADataFormat.cs
+++ b/Plugins/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Sega/DataFormats/PropertyList/A3DA/A3DADataFormat.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ namespace UniversalEditor.Plugins.Sega.DataFormats.PropertyList.A3DA
 				throw new ObjectModelNotSupportedException();
 
 			Reader reader = Accessor.Reader;
+			Accessor.DefaultEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
 
 			string signature = reader.ReadLine();
 			if (signature != "#A3DA__________")