diff --git a/ExplorerCreateFile/a2_local_element_file_list.py b/ExplorerCreateFile/a2_local_element_file_list.py
index db1ddb1..2f006b7 100644
--- a/ExplorerCreateFile/a2_local_element_file_list.py
+++ b/ExplorerCreateFile/a2_local_element_file_list.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import a2ahk
 import a2ctrl
 from a2qt import QtWidgets
 from a2element import DrawCtrl, EditCtrl
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ def __init__(self, *args):
         )
 
         type_combo = a2combo.A2Combo(self)
+        type_combo.addItems(a2ahk.ENCODINGS)
         self.editor.add_data_label_widget(
-            'encoding', type_combo, type_combo.setCurrentText, default_value=0, label='Encoding'
+            'encoding', type_combo, type_combo.setCurrentIndex, default_value=0, label='Encoding'
         )
 
         ask_check = QtWidgets.QCheckBox('Ask for file name', self)
diff --git a/ExplorerCreateFile/explorer_create_file.ahk b/ExplorerCreateFile/explorer_create_file.ahk
index 4dd855c..30dffc2 100644
--- a/ExplorerCreateFile/explorer_create_file.ahk
+++ b/ExplorerCreateFile/explorer_create_file.ahk
@@ -70,11 +70,14 @@ explorer_create_file_handler(menu_name) {
 
     file_path := path_join(explorer_get_path(), file_name)
 
+    static ahk_encodings := ["UTF-8", "UTF-8-RAW", "UTF-16", "UTF-16-RAW"]
+    encoding := ahk_encodings[data["encoding"] + 1]
+
     if FileExist(file_path) {
         MsgBox, 48, File Already Exists, There is already a file with that name here!
     } else {
         content := data["content"]
-        FileAppend , %content%, %file_path%
+        FileAppend , %content%, %file_path%, %encoding%
 
         Send, F5
         sleep 1000