diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/RuTracker.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/RuTracker.cs
index fd9a2f94e..9ec0ff36f 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/RuTracker.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/RuTracker.cs
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Definitions
 
             var authLoginRequest = requestBuilder.Build();
 
-            authLoginRequest.Encoding = Encoding;
-
             var response = await ExecuteAuth(authLoginRequest);
 
             if (!response.Content.Contains("id=\"logged-in-username\""))
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/HttpIndexerBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/HttpIndexerBase.cs
index 6bc5f4b8f..ef1e4f51d 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/HttpIndexerBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/HttpIndexerBase.cs
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers
             }
 
             request.HttpRequest.SuppressHttpError = true;
+            request.HttpRequest.Encoding = Encoding;
+
             var response = await _httpClient.ExecuteAsync(request.HttpRequest);
 
             // Check reponse to see if auth is needed, if needed try again
@@ -410,6 +412,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers
 
         protected async Task<HttpResponse> ExecuteAuth(HttpRequest request)
         {
+            request.Encoding = Encoding;
+
             var response = await _httpClient.ExecuteAsync(request);
 
             _eventAggregator.PublishEvent(new IndexerAuthEvent(Definition.Id, !response.HasHttpError, response.ElapsedTime));