diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/HttpRequestBuilder.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/HttpRequestBuilder.cs
index 249a403e9..644d73908 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/HttpRequestBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/HttpRequestBuilder.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Http
         public HttpAccept HttpAccept { get; set; }
         public HttpUri BaseUrl { get; private set; }
         public string ResourceUrl { get; set; }
+        public Encoding Encoding { get; set; }
         public List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> QueryParams { get; private set; }
         public List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> SuffixQueryParams { get; private set; }
         public Dictionary<string, string> Segments { get; private set; }
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Http
             BaseUrl = new HttpUri(baseUrl);
             ResourceUrl = string.Empty;
             Method = HttpMethod.GET;
+            Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
             QueryParams = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
             SuffixQueryParams = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
             Segments = new Dictionary<string, string>();
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Http
         protected virtual void Apply(HttpRequest request)
         {
             request.Method = Method;
+            request.Encoding = Encoding;
             request.SuppressHttpError = SuppressHttpError;
             request.UseSimplifiedUserAgent = UseSimplifiedUserAgent;
             request.AllowAutoRedirect = AllowAutoRedirect;
@@ -301,6 +304,13 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Http
             return this;
         }
 
+        public virtual HttpRequestBuilder SetEncoding(Encoding encoding)
+        {
+            Encoding = encoding;
+
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public virtual HttpRequestBuilder AddPrefixQueryParam(string key, object value, bool replace = false)
         {
             if (replace)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannRequestGenerator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannRequestGenerator.cs
index 052407c92..5c1d631b4 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannRequestGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannRequestGenerator.cs
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                     Method = HttpMethod.POST,
                     AllowAutoRedirect = true,
                     SuppressHttpError = true,
+                    Encoding = _encoding
                 };
 
                 foreach (var pair in pairs)
@@ -328,7 +329,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                     var requestBuilder = new HttpRequestBuilder(captchaUrl.ToString())
                     {
                         LogResponseContent = true,
-                        Method = HttpMethod.GET
+                        Method = HttpMethod.GET,
+                        Encoding = _encoding
                     };
 
                     requestBuilder.Headers.Add("Referer", loginUrl);
@@ -393,7 +395,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                     {
                         LogResponseContent = true,
                         Method = HttpMethod.POST,
-                        AllowAutoRedirect = true
+                        AllowAutoRedirect = true,
+                        Encoding = _encoding
                     };
 
                     requestBuilder.Headers.Add("Referer", SiteLink);
@@ -422,7 +425,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                         LogResponseContent = true,
                         Method = HttpMethod.POST,
                         AllowAutoRedirect = true,
-                        SuppressHttpError = true
+                        SuppressHttpError = true,
+                        Encoding = _encoding
                     };
 
                     requestBuilder.SetCookies(Cookies);
@@ -463,7 +467,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                 {
                     LogResponseContent = true,
                     Method = HttpMethod.GET,
-                    SuppressHttpError = true
+                    SuppressHttpError = true,
+                    Encoding = _encoding
                 };
 
                 requestBuilder.Headers.Add("Referer", SiteLink);
@@ -487,7 +492,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                 {
                     LogResponseContent = true,
                     Method = HttpMethod.GET,
-                    SuppressHttpError = true
+                    SuppressHttpError = true,
+                    Encoding = _encoding
                 };
 
                 requestBuilder.Headers.Add("Referer", SiteLink);
@@ -559,7 +565,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
             var requestBuilder = new HttpRequestBuilder(loginUrl.AbsoluteUri)
             {
                 LogResponseContent = true,
-                Method = HttpMethod.GET
+                Method = HttpMethod.GET,
+                Encoding = _encoding
             };
 
             requestBuilder.Headers.Add("Referer", SiteLink);
@@ -613,6 +620,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                     var request = new HttpRequestBuilder(captchaUrl.ToString())
                         .SetCookies(landingResult.GetCookies())
                         .SetHeader("Referer", loginUrl.AbsoluteUri)
+                        .SetEncoding(_encoding)
                         .Build();
 
                     var response = await HttpClient.ExecuteProxiedAsync(request, Definition);
@@ -693,6 +701,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
 
             var httpRequest = new HttpRequestBuilder(requestLinkStr)
                 .SetCookies(Cookies ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
+                .SetEncoding(_encoding)
                 .SetHeader("Referer", referer);
 
             httpRequest.Method = method;
@@ -731,6 +740,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                 var request = new HttpRequestBuilder(link.ToString())
                     .SetCookies(Cookies ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
                     .SetHeaders(headers ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
+                    .SetEncoding(_encoding)
                     .Build();
 
                 request.AllowAutoRedirect = true;
@@ -779,6 +789,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                         var hashDownloadRequest = new HttpRequestBuilder(torrentLink.AbsoluteUri)
                             .SetCookies(Cookies ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
                             .SetHeaders(headers ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
+                            .SetEncoding(_encoding)
                             .Build();
 
                         hashDownloadRequest.Method = method;
@@ -819,6 +830,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                                 var testLinkRequest = new HttpRequestBuilder(torrentLink.ToString())
                                     .SetCookies(Cookies ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
                                     .SetHeaders(headers ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
+                                    .SetEncoding(_encoding)
                                     .Build();
 
                                 response = await HttpClient.ExecuteProxiedAsync(testLinkRequest, Definition);
@@ -837,6 +849,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                             var selectorDownloadRequest = new HttpRequestBuilder(link.AbsoluteUri)
                                 .SetCookies(Cookies ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
                                 .SetHeaders(headers ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
+                                .SetEncoding(_encoding)
                                 .Build();
 
                             selectorDownloadRequest.Method = method;
@@ -856,6 +869,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
             var downloadRequest = new HttpRequestBuilder(link.AbsoluteUri)
                 .SetCookies(Cookies ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
                 .SetHeaders(headers ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
+                .SetEncoding(_encoding)
                 .Build();
 
             downloadRequest.Method = method;
@@ -1080,9 +1094,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                     requestbuilder.SetHeaders(headers ?? new Dictionary<string, string>());
                 }
 
-                var request = new CardigannRequest(requestbuilder.Build(), variables, searchPath);
-
-                request.HttpRequest.Encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding(_definition.Encoding);
+                var request = new CardigannRequest(requestbuilder.SetEncoding(_encoding).Build(), variables, searchPath);
 
                 yield return request;
             }