diff --git a/src/ndefpclib/message/NDEFMessage.cs b/src/ndefpclib/message/NDEFMessage.cs
index 2e90c8d..87b38f0 100644
--- a/src/ndefpclib/message/NDEFMessage.cs
+++ b/src/ndefpclib/message/NDEFMessage.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     using ndefpclib.type;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
     using System.IO;
+    using System.Text;
 
     /// <summary>Ndef message.</summary>
     /// <remarks>Stubbfel, 21.08.2013.</remarks>
@@ -57,14 +58,14 @@
         /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the NDEFMessage class.</summary>
         /// <remarks>Stubbfel, 21.08.2013.</remarks>
         /// <param name="array">The array.</param>
-        public NDEFMessage(byte[] array)
+        public NDEFMessage(byte[] array, Encoding payLoadEncoding)
         {
             this.records = new List<NDEFRecord>();
 
             NDEFRecord tmpRecord = null;
             for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i += tmpRecord.RecordSize)
             {
-                tmpRecord = new NDEFShortRecord(array, i);
+                tmpRecord = new NDEFShortRecord(array, payLoadEncoding, i);
 
                 this.records.Add(tmpRecord);
             }
@@ -92,12 +93,12 @@
         /// <summary>Converts this object to a byte array.</summary>
         /// <remarks>Stubbfel, 21.08.2013.</remarks>
         /// <returns>This object as a byte[].</returns>
-        public byte[] ToByteArray()
+        public virtual byte[] ToByteArray(Encoding payLoadEncoding)
         {
             MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
             foreach (NDEFRecord record in this.records)
             {
-                ms.Write(record.ToByteArray(), 0, record.RecordSize);
+                ms.Write(record.ToByteArray(payLoadEncoding), 0, record.RecordSize);
             }
 
             return ms.ToArray();
diff --git a/src/ndefpclib/record/NDEFRecord.cs b/src/ndefpclib/record/NDEFRecord.cs
index 31a214d..1ccb0b5 100644
--- a/src/ndefpclib/record/NDEFRecord.cs
+++ b/src/ndefpclib/record/NDEFRecord.cs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
         /// <summary>Converts the record to a byte array.</summary>
         /// <remarks>Stubbfel, 21.08.2013.</remarks>
         /// <returns>This object as a byte[].</returns>
-        public abstract byte[] ToByteArray();
+        public abstract byte[] ToByteArray(Encoding payLoadEncoding);
 
         #endregion
     }
diff --git a/src/ndefpclib/record/NDEFShortRecord.cs b/src/ndefpclib/record/NDEFShortRecord.cs
index 4976461..8ddd268 100644
--- a/src/ndefpclib/record/NDEFShortRecord.cs
+++ b/src/ndefpclib/record/NDEFShortRecord.cs
@@ -22,22 +22,22 @@
         /// <remarks>Stubbfel, 21.08.2013.</remarks>
         /// <param name="array">The array.</param>
         /// <param name="index">(Optional) zero-based index of the.</param>
-        public NDEFShortRecord(byte[] array, int index = 0)
+        public NDEFShortRecord(byte[] array, Encoding payLoadEncoding, int index = 0)
             : base(array)
         {
             this.HeaderSize = 4;
             this.Type = (MsgType.TYPEVAL)array[index + 3];
             this.PayloadPraefix = MsgType.GetPraefix(this.Type);
             int payLoadSize = array[index + 2] - this.PayloadPraefix.Length;
-            this.Payload = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(array, index + this.HeaderSize + this.PayloadPraefix.Length, payLoadSize);
+            this.Payload = payLoadEncoding.GetString(array, index + this.HeaderSize + this.PayloadPraefix.Length, payLoadSize);
         }
 
         /// <summary>Converts this NDEFShortRecord to a byte array.</summary>
         /// <remarks>Stubbfel, 21.08.2013.</remarks>
         /// <returns>This object as a byte[].</returns>
-        public override byte[] ToByteArray()
+        public override byte[] ToByteArray(Encoding payLoadEncoding)
         {
-            byte[] payloadAr = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(this.PayloadPraefix + this.Payload);
+            byte[] payloadAr = payLoadEncoding.GetBytes(this.PayloadPraefix + this.Payload);
             byte[] array = new byte[payloadAr.Length + this.HeaderSize];
 
             array[0] = this.FormatFlags;