diff --git a/lib/parser.js b/lib/parser.js
index acd48f8..91a9de9 100644
--- a/lib/parser.js
+++ b/lib/parser.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var _    = require('lodash');
 var fs   = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var util = require('util');
+var iconv = require('iconv-lite');
 
 var findFiles = require('./utils/find_files');
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseFiles = function(options, parsedFiles, parsedFilenames) {
     // Parser
     for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i += 1) {
         var filename = options.src + files[i];
-        var parsedFile = self.parseFile(filename);
+        var parsedFile = self.parseFile(filename, options.encoding);
         if (parsedFile) {
             app.log.verbose('parse file: ' + filename);
             parsedFiles.push(parsedFile);
@@ -94,14 +95,15 @@ Parser.prototype.parseFiles = function(options, parsedFiles, parsedFilenames) {
 /**
  * Execute Fileparsing
  */
-Parser.prototype.parseFile = function(filename) {
+Parser.prototype.parseFile = function(filename, encoding) {
     var self = this;
 
     app.log.debug('inspect file: ' + filename);
 
     self.filename = filename;
     self.extension = path.extname(filename).toLowerCase();
-    self.src = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8').toString();
+    var fileContent = fs.readFileSync(filename,{encoding:"binary"});
+    self.src = iconv.decode(fileContent, encoding);
     app.log.debug('size: ' + self.src.length);
 
     // unify line-breaks