diff --git a/src/libse/SubtitleFormats/Ebu.cs b/src/libse/SubtitleFormats/Ebu.cs
index b42cdfe10..7fb881286 100644
--- a/src/libse/SubtitleFormats/Ebu.cs
+++ b/src/libse/SubtitleFormats/Ebu.cs
@@ -1037,9 +1037,8 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
         public void LoadSubtitle(Subtitle subtitle, byte[] buffer)
         {
             subtitle.Paragraphs.Clear();
-            subtitle.Header = null;
             var header = ReadHeader(buffer);
-            subtitle.Header = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer);
+            subtitle.Header = header.ToString();
             Paragraph last = null;
             byte lastExtensionBlockNumber = 0xff;
             JustificationCodes = new List<int>();
@@ -1120,7 +1119,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
             return header;
         }
 
-        private static Encoding GetEncoding(string codePageNumber)
+        public static Encoding GetEncoding(string codePageNumber)
         {
             try
             {
diff --git a/src/ui/Forms/Main.cs b/src/ui/Forms/Main.cs
index dad728223..1d0f120a3 100644
--- a/src/ui/Forms/Main.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Forms/Main.cs
@@ -28439,7 +28439,9 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
             {
                 if (_subtitle != null && _subtitle.Header != null && (_subtitle.Header.Contains("STL2") || _subtitle.Header.Contains("STL3")))
                 {
-                    var header = Ebu.ReadHeader(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(_subtitle.Header));
+                    var encoding = Ebu.GetEncoding(_subtitle.Header.Substring(0, 3));
+                    var buffer = encoding.GetBytes(_subtitle.Header);
+                    var header = Ebu.ReadHeader(buffer);
                     properties.Initialize(header, Ebu.EbuUiHelper.JustificationCode, null, _subtitle);
                 }
                 else