diff --git a/include/MacStd/CoreFoundation.hpp b/include/MacStd/CoreFoundation.hpp
index c51737e..fa509c2 100644
--- a/include/MacStd/CoreFoundation.hpp
+++ b/include/MacStd/CoreFoundation.hpp
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ namespace macstd {
 	public:
 		cfstring(CFStringRef h) : cfobject<CFStringRef>(h) {}
 
-		cfstring(const char *s) : cfobject<CFStringRef>(CFStringCreateWithCString(kCFAllocatorDefault, s, kCFStringEncodingUTF8))
+		cfstring(const char *s, CFStringEncoding encoding = kCFStringEncodingUTF8) : cfobject<CFStringRef>(CFStringCreateWithCString(kCFAllocatorDefault, s, encoding))
 		{
 			if (!valid()) [[unlikely]]
 				throw std::bad_alloc();
 		}
 
 		template <typename TR, typename A>
-		cfstring(const std::basic_string<char, TR, A> &s) : cfstring(s.c_str()) {}
+		cfstring(const std::basic_string<char, TR, A> &s, CFStringEncoding encoding = kCFStringEncodingUTF8) : cfstring(s.c_str(), encoding) {}
 	};
 
 	///