diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c6e63f93..8e11b283 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-01-17  James Henstridge  <james@jamesh.id.au>
+
+	* ZPsycopgDA/DA.py (Connection.__init__): Default the encoding to
+	UTF-8, fixing bug #190.
+
 2008-01-16  James Henstridge  <james@jamesh.id.au>
 
 	* tests/test_transaction.py (DeadlockSerializationTestCase): port
diff --git a/ZPsycopgDA/DA.py b/ZPsycopgDA/DA.py
index 04ea6ce8..60de1354 100644
--- a/ZPsycopgDA/DA.py
+++ b/ZPsycopgDA/DA.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Connection(Shared.DC.ZRDB.Connection.Connection):
     icon              = 'misc_/conn'
 
     def __init__(self, id, title, connection_string,
-                 zdatetime, check=None, tilevel=2, encoding=''):
+                 zdatetime, check=None, tilevel=2, encoding='UTF-8'):
         self.zdatetime = zdatetime
         self.id = str(id)
         self.edit(title, connection_string, zdatetime,
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Connection(Shared.DC.ZRDB.Connection.Connection):
     ## connection parameters editing ##
     
     def edit(self, title, connection_string,
-             zdatetime, check=None, tilevel=2, encoding=''):
+             zdatetime, check=None, tilevel=2, encoding='UTF-8'):
         self.title = title
         self.connection_string = connection_string
         self.zdatetime = zdatetime