diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 27c16b9c2..9824bef85 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ def dataToStdout(data):
         sys.stdout.write(data)
         sys.stdout.flush()
     except UnicodeEncodeError:
-        print data.encode("utf8")
+        print data.encode(conf.dataEncoding)
 
 def dataToSessionFile(data):
     if not conf.sessionFile:
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ def dataToOutFile(data):
 
     rFile     = filePathToString(conf.rFile)
     rFilePath = "%s%s%s" % (conf.filePath, os.sep, rFile)
-    rFileFP   = codecs.open(rFilePath, "wb", "utf-8")
+    rFileFP   = codecs.open(rFilePath, "wb", conf.dataEncoding)
 
     rFileFP.write(data)
     rFileFP.flush()
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ def fileToStr(fileName):
     @rtype: C{str}
     """
 
-    filePointer = codecs.open(fileName, "r", "utf-8")
+    filePointer = codecs.open(fileName, "r", conf.dataEncoding)
     fileText = filePointer.read()
 
     return fileText.replace("    ", "").replace("\t", "").replace("\r", "").replace("\n", " ")
diff --git a/lib/core/dump.py b/lib/core/dump.py
index 39ec728a1..5e9622e0f 100644
--- a/lib/core/dump.py
+++ b/lib/core/dump.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Dump:
         
     def setOutputFile(self):
         self.__outputFile = "%s%slog" % (conf.outputPath, os.sep)
-        self.__outputFP = codecs.open(self.__outputFile, "a", "utf-8")
+        self.__outputFP = codecs.open(self.__outputFile, "a", conf.dataEncoding)
         
     def string(self, header, data, sort=True):
         if isinstance(data, (list, tuple, set)):
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class Dump:
                 os.makedirs(dumpDbPath, 0755)
 
             dumpFileName = "%s%s%s.csv" % (dumpDbPath, os.sep, table)
-            dumpFP = codecs.open(dumpFileName, "w", "utf-8")
+            dumpFP = codecs.open(dumpFileName, "w", conf.dataEncoding)
 
         count     = int(tableValues["__infos__"]["count"])
         separator = ""
diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 010106d86..762ea84e3 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def __urllib2Opener():
     urllib2.install_opener(opener)
 
 def __feedTargetsDict(reqFile, addedTargetUrls):
-    fp = codecs.open(reqFile, "r", "utf-8")
+    fp = codecs.open(reqFile, "r", conf.dataEncoding)
 
     fread = fp.read()
     fread = fread.replace("\r", "")
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ def __setConfAttributes():
     logger.debug(debugMsg)
 
     conf.cj               = None
+    conf.dataEncoding     = "utf-8"
     conf.dbmsConnector    = None
     conf.dbmsHandler      = None
     conf.dumpPath         = None
diff --git a/lib/core/target.py b/lib/core/target.py
index 922964f80..d80d80677 100644
--- a/lib/core/target.py
+++ b/lib/core/target.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def __setOutputResume():
 
     if os.path.exists(conf.sessionFile):
         if not conf.flushSession:
-            readSessionFP = codecs.open(conf.sessionFile, "r", "utf-8")
+            readSessionFP = codecs.open(conf.sessionFile, "r", conf.dataEncoding)
             __url_cache = set()
             __expression_cache = {}
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def __setOutputResume():
                 raise sqlmapFilePathException, errMsg
 
     try:
-        conf.sessionFP = codecs.open(conf.sessionFile, "a", "utf-8")
+        conf.sessionFP = codecs.open(conf.sessionFile, "a", conf.dataEncoding)
         dataToSessionFile("\n[%s]\n" % time.strftime("%X %x"))
     except IOError:
         errMsg = "unable to write on the session file specified"