diff --git a/src/CsvProc9000/Csv/CsvReaderFactory.cs b/src/CsvProc9000/Csv/CsvReaderFactory.cs
index 2728a36..2937b68 100644
--- a/src/CsvProc9000/Csv/CsvReaderFactory.cs
+++ b/src/CsvProc9000/Csv/CsvReaderFactory.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 using CsvHelper;
 using CsvHelper.Configuration;
 using CsvProc9000.Csv.Contracts;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Abstractions;
+using System.Text;
+using Ude;
 
 namespace CsvProc9000.Csv
 {
@@ -13,11 +16,14 @@ namespace CsvProc9000.Csv
     internal sealed class CsvReaderFactory : ICsvReaderFactory
     {
         private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
+        private readonly ILogger<CsvReaderFactory> _logger;
 
         public CsvReaderFactory(
-            [JetBrains.Annotations.NotNull] IFileSystem fileSystem)
+            [NotNull] IFileSystem fileSystem,
+            [NotNull] ILogger<CsvReaderFactory> logger)
         {
             _fileSystem = fileSystem ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(fileSystem));
+            _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
         }
 
         public IReader Create(string file, string delimiter)
@@ -27,16 +33,37 @@ public IReader Create(string file, string delimiter)
              * We're using FileShare.None here, so that no other process can modify the file while we're reading it
              * and additionally we'll be 'notified' when another process is still writing to a file
              */
+            var encoding = GetEncoding(file);
             var fileStream = _fileSystem.FileStream.Create(file, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.None);
-            var streamReader = new StreamReader(fileStream);
+            var streamReader = new StreamReader(fileStream, encoding);
 
             var csvConfiguration = new CsvConfiguration(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
             {
-                Delimiter = delimiter, HasHeaderRecord = true
+                Delimiter = delimiter, 
+                HasHeaderRecord = true,
+                Encoding = encoding
             };
             var reader = new CsvReader(streamReader, csvConfiguration);
 
             return reader;
         }
+
+        private Encoding GetEncoding(string fileName)
+        {
+            using var fileStream = _fileSystem.FileStream.Create(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
+
+            _logger.LogTrace("Trying to detect charset of '{File}'...", fileName);
+            
+            var detector = new CharsetDetector();
+            detector.Feed(fileStream);
+            detector.DataEnd();
+            var charset = detector.Charset;
+            
+            _logger.LogTrace("Found charset '{Charset}' with a confidence of {Confidence}", 
+                charset, detector.Confidence);
+
+            var encoding = CodePagesEncodingProvider.Instance.GetEncoding(charset);
+            return encoding;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/CsvProc9000/Csv/CsvWriterFactory.cs b/src/CsvProc9000/Csv/CsvWriterFactory.cs
index c44fdb5..71d82e6 100644
--- a/src/CsvProc9000/Csv/CsvWriterFactory.cs
+++ b/src/CsvProc9000/Csv/CsvWriterFactory.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace CsvProc9000.Csv
 {
@@ -12,7 +13,11 @@ internal sealed class CsvWriterFactory : ICsvWriterFactory
     {
         public IWriter Create(string file, string delimiter)
         {
-            var csvConfiguration = new CsvConfiguration(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) { Delimiter = delimiter };
+            var csvConfiguration = new CsvConfiguration(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
+            {
+                Delimiter = delimiter,
+                Encoding = Encoding.UTF8
+            };
 
             var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(file);
             var writer = new CsvWriter(streamWriter, csvConfiguration);
diff --git a/src/CsvProc9000/CsvProc9000.csproj b/src/CsvProc9000/CsvProc9000.csproj
index 3f45871..212e631 100644
--- a/src/CsvProc9000/CsvProc9000.csproj
+++ b/src/CsvProc9000/CsvProc9000.csproj
@@ -5,37 +5,39 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="CsvHelper" Version="27.1.1"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="CsvHelper" Version="27.1.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="2021.3.0">
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
         </PackageReference>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="5.0.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices" Version="5.0.1"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="4.1.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Settings.Configuration" Version="3.3.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Abstractions" Version="13.2.47"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="5.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices" Version="5.0.1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="4.1.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Settings.Configuration" Version="3.3.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Abstractions" Version="13.2.47" />
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="5.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="UDE.CSharp" Version="1.1.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <Compile Remove="logs\**"/>
+        <Compile Remove="logs\**" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <EmbeddedResource Remove="logs\**"/>
+        <EmbeddedResource Remove="logs\**" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <None Remove="logs\**"/>
+        <None Remove="logs\**" />
         <None Update="CreateService.bat">
             <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
         </None>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <Content Remove="logs\**"/>
+        <Content Remove="logs\**" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <ProjectReference Include="..\CsvProc9000.Model\CsvProc9000.Model.csproj"/>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\CsvProc9000.Model\CsvProc9000.Model.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
 </Project>