diff --git includes/main.inc includes/main.inc
index 1fdda3c..e244656 100755
--- includes/main.inc
+++ includes/main.inc
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ function pimport_import() {
     '#options' => pimport_fetch_profiles(NULL, 'names'),
     '#default_value' => (user_access('collect user import defaults') && !empty($user->pimport_default_profile)) ? $user->pimport_default_profile : variable_get('pimport_default_profile', NULL),
   );
+
+  $form['pimport_csv_encoding'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'radios',
+    '#title' => t('CSV Character encoding'),
+    '#description' => t('Select the character encoding for this CSV.'),
+    '#options' => array(
+      'UTF-8' => 'UTF-8 (Standards compliant editor or database export)',
+      'Windows-1252' => 'Windows-1252 (Microsoft Excel default)',
+    ),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('pimport_csv_encoding', 'UTF-8'),
+  );
+
   $form['upload'] = array(
     '#type' => 'file',
     '#title' => t('Upload'),
@@ -111,7 +123,7 @@ function pimport_import_submit($form, &$form_state) {
               $form_state['values']['content-type'],
               $form_state['values']['profile'],
               $form_state['values']['file_placeholder'],
-              variable_get('pimport_csv_encoding', 'Windows-1252'),
+              $form_state['values']['pimport_csv_encoding'],
             ),
           ),
         ),
@@ -130,7 +142,7 @@ function pimport_import_submit($form, &$form_state) {
         $form_state['values']['content-type'],
         $form_state['values']['profile'],
         $form_state['values']['file_placeholder'],
-        variable_get('pimport_csv_encoding', 'Windows-1252'),
+        $form_state['values']['pimport_csv_encoding'],
         $context,
         TRUE
       );
diff --git includes/settings.inc includes/settings.inc
index 94a8bff..065da3b 100755
--- includes/settings.inc
+++ includes/settings.inc
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ function pimport_settings() {
   */
   $form['pimport']['pimport_csv_encoding'] = array(
     '#type' => 'radios',
-    '#title' => t('CSV Character encoding'),
-    '#description' => t('Select the character encoding of the text in the CSV for imports and exports.'),
+    '#title' => t('Default CSV Character encoding'),
+    '#description' => t('Select the default character encoding of the text in the CSV for imports and exports.'),
     '#options' => array(
       'UTF-8' => 'UTF-8 (Standards compliant editor or database export)',
       'Windows-1252' => 'Windows-1252 (Microsoft Excel default)',