diff --git a/app/src/actions/Publish.ts b/app/src/actions/Publish.ts
index a7f73cf..ab75050 100644
--- a/app/src/actions/Publish.ts
+++ b/app/src/actions/Publish.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import { Action, ActionTypes } from '../reducers/Publish'
 import { AppState } from '../reducers'
 import { Base64Message } from '../../../backend/src/Model/Base64Message'
 import { Dispatch } from 'redux'
-import { promises as fsPromise } from 'fs'
-import { MqttMessage, makePublishEvent, rendererEvents, rendererRpc } from '../../../events'
+import { MqttMessage, makePublishEvent, rendererEvents, rendererRpc, readFromFile } from '../../../events'
 import { makeOpenDialogRpc } from '../../../events/OpenDialogRequest'
 import { showError } from './Global'
+import { Base64 } from 'js-base64'
 
 export const setTopic = (topic?: string): Action => {
   return {
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ export const setTopic = (topic?: string): Action => {
   }
 }
 
-export const openFile = () => async (dispatch: Dispatch<any>, getState: () => AppState) => {
+export const openFile = (encoding: 'utf8' = 'utf8') => async (dispatch: Dispatch<any>, getState: () => AppState) => {
   try {
-    const file = await getFileContent()
+    const file = await getFileContent(encoding)
     if (file) {
       dispatch(
-        setPayload(Base64Message.fromBuffer(file.data).toUnicodeString()
-        ))
+        setPayload(file.data))
     }
   } catch (error) {
     dispatch(showError(error))
@@ -29,9 +28,9 @@ export const openFile = () => async (dispatch: Dispatch<any>, getState: () => Ap
 
 type FileParameters = {
   name: string,
-  data: Buffer
+  data: string
 }
-async function getFileContent(): Promise<FileParameters | undefined> {
+async function getFileContent(encoding: string): Promise<FileParameters | undefined> {
   const rejectReasons = {
     noFileSelected: 'No file selected',
     errorReadingFile: 'Error reading file'
@@ -51,8 +50,8 @@ async function getFileContent(): Promise<FileParameters | undefined> {
     throw rejectReasons.noFileSelected
   }
   try {
-    const data = await fsPromise.readFile(selectedFile)
-    return { name: selectedFile, data }
+    const data = await rendererRpc.call(readFromFile, { filePath: selectedFile, encoding })
+    return { name: selectedFile, data: data.toString(encoding) }
   } catch (error) {
     throw rejectReasons.errorReadingFile
   }
diff --git a/app/src/components/helper/Save.tsx b/app/src/components/helper/Save.tsx
index 25a4cff..cf54819 100644
--- a/app/src/components/helper/Save.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/helper/Save.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import CustomIconButton from './CustomIconButton'
 
 import { SaveAlt } from '@material-ui/icons'
 import { bindActionCreators } from 'redux'
-import { rendererRpc, writeFile } from '../../../../events'
+import { rendererRpc, writeToFile } from '../../../../events'
 import { makeSaveDialogRpc } from '../../../../events/OpenDialogRequest'
 
 import { globalActions } from '../../actions'
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export async function saveToFile(data: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
 
   if (!canceled && filePath !== undefined) {
     try {
-      const filename = await rendererRpc.call(writeFile, { filePath, data })
+      const filename = await rendererRpc.call(writeToFile, { filePath, data })
       return filePath
     } catch (error) {
       throw rejectReasons.errorWritingFile
diff --git a/events/Events.ts b/events/Events.ts
index a951724..d10b666 100644
--- a/events/Events.ts
+++ b/events/Events.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ export const getAppVersion: RpcEvent<void, string> = {
   topic: 'getAppVersion',
 }
 
-export const writeFile: RpcEvent<{ filePath: string, data: string }, void> = {
+export const writeToFile: RpcEvent<{ filePath: string, data: string, encoding?: string }, void> = {
   topic: 'writeFile',
+}
+
+export const readFromFile: RpcEvent<{ filePath: string, encoding?: string }, Buffer> = {
+  topic: 'readFromFile',
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/electron.ts b/src/electron.ts
index 5df6ca2..db66d85 100644
--- a/src/electron.ts
+++ b/src/electron.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { waitForDevServer, isDev, runningUiTestOnCi, loadDevTools } from './deve
 import { shouldAutoUpdate, handleAutoUpdate } from './autoUpdater'
 import { registerCrashReporter } from './registerCrashReporter'
 import { makeOpenDialogRpc, makeSaveDialogRpc } from '../events/OpenDialogRequest'
-import { backendRpc, getAppVersion, writeFile } from '../events'
+import { backendRpc, getAppVersion, writeToFile, readFromFile } from '../events'
 
 registerCrashReporter()
 
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ app.whenReady().then(() => {
 
   backendRpc.on(getAppVersion, async () => app.getVersion())
 
-  backendRpc.on(writeFile, async ({ filePath, data }) => {
-    await fsPromise.writeFile(filePath, Buffer.from(data, 'base64'))
+  backendRpc.on(writeToFile, async ({ filePath, data, encoding }) => {
+    await fsPromise.writeFile(filePath, Buffer.from(data, 'base64'), { encoding })
+  })
+
+  backendRpc.on(readFromFile, async ({ filePath, encoding }) => {
+    return fsPromise.readFile(filePath, { encoding })
   })
 })