diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6f9bd29..683fe46 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ git = "https://github.com/gchp/rustbox.git"
 git = "https://github.com/PistonDevelopers/freetype-rs.git"
 
 [dependencies]
-rustc-serialize = "*"
\ No newline at end of file
+rustc-serialize = "*"
+encoding = "*"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index aa22fda..724b435 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 extern crate rustbox;
 extern crate docopt;
 extern crate "rustc-serialize" as rustc_serialize;
+extern crate encoding;
 //extern crate freetype;
 //extern crate sdl2;