diff --git a/ui/commands/common.js b/ui/commands/common.js
index ca55bff..3f7d715 100644
--- a/ui/commands/common.js
+++ b/ui/commands/common.js
@@ -17,6 +17,49 @@
 
 import Exception from "./exception.js";
 
+export const charsetPresets = [
+  "utf-8",
+  "ibm866",
+  "iso-8859-2",
+  "iso-8859-3",
+  "iso-8859-4",
+  "iso-8859-5",
+  "iso-8859-6",
+  "iso-8859-7",
+  "iso-8859-8",
+  "iso-8859-8i",
+  "iso-8859-10",
+  "iso-8859-13",
+  "iso-8859-14",
+  "iso-8859-15",
+  "iso-8859-16",
+  "koi8-r",
+  "koi8-u",
+  "macintosh",
+  "windows-874",
+  "windows-1250",
+  "windows-1251",
+  "windows-1252",
+  "windows-1253",
+  "windows-1254",
+  "windows-1255",
+  "windows-1256",
+  "windows-1257",
+  "windows-1258",
+  "x-mac-cyrillic",
+  "gbk",
+  "gb18030",
+  "hz-gb-2312",
+  "big5",
+  "euc-jp",
+  "iso-2022-jp",
+  "shift-jis",
+  "euc-kr",
+  "iso-2022-kr",
+  "utf-16be",
+  "utf-16le"
+];
+
 const numCharators = {
   "0": true,
   "1": true,
diff --git a/ui/commands/telnet.js b/ui/commands/telnet.js
index 3159fd1..a2885ed 100644
--- a/ui/commands/telnet.js
+++ b/ui/commands/telnet.js
@@ -208,6 +208,24 @@ const initialFieldDef = {
 
       return "Look like " + addr.type + " address";
     }
+  },
+  Encoding: {
+    name: "Encoding",
+    description: "The character encoding of the server",
+    type: "select",
+    value: "utf-8",
+    example: common.charsetPresets.join(","),
+    verify(d) {
+      for (let i in common.charsetPresets) {
+        if (common.charsetPresets[i] !== d) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        return "";
+      }
+
+      throw new Error('The character encoding "' + d + '" is not supported');
+    }
   }
 };
 
@@ -288,7 +306,8 @@ class Wizard {
     let self = this;
 
     let parsedConfig = {
-      host: address.parseHostPort(configInput.host, DEFAULT_PORT)
+      host: address.parseHostPort(configInput.host, DEFAULT_PORT),
+      charset: configInput.charset
     };
 
     return new Telnet(sender, parsedConfig, {
@@ -319,6 +338,7 @@ class Wizard {
               configInput.host,
               self.info,
               self.controls.get("Telnet", {
+                charset: parsedConfig.charset,
                 send(data) {
                   return commandHandler.sendData(data);
                 },
@@ -359,7 +379,14 @@ class Wizard {
       self.hasStarted = true;
 
       self.streams.request(COMMAND_ID, sd => {
-        return self.buildCommand(sd, this.config, this.session);
+        return self.buildCommand(
+          sd,
+          {
+            host: this.config.host,
+            charset: this.config.charset ? this.config.charset : "utf-8"
+          },
+          this.session
+        );
       });
 
       return self.stepWaitForAcceptWait();
@@ -373,13 +400,20 @@ class Wizard {
         self.hasStarted = true;
 
         self.streams.request(COMMAND_ID, sd => {
-          return self.buildCommand(sd, r, this.session);
+          return self.buildCommand(
+            sd,
+            {
+              host: r.host,
+              charset: r.encoding
+            },
+            this.session
+          );
         });
 
         self.step.resolve(self.stepWaitForAcceptWait());
       },
       () => {},
-      command.fields(initialFieldDef, [{ name: "Host" }])
+      command.fields(initialFieldDef, [{ name: "Host" }, { name: "Encoding" }])
     );
   }
 }
@@ -408,18 +442,39 @@ export class Command {
   }
 
   launch(info, launcher, streams, subs, controls, history) {
+    const d = launcher.split("|", 2);
+
+    if (d.length <= 0) {
+      throw new Exception('Given launcher "' + launcher + '" was invalid');
+    }
+
     try {
-      initialFieldDef["Host"].verify(launcher);
+      initialFieldDef["Host"].verify(d[0]);
     } catch (e) {
       throw new Exception(
         'Given launcher "' + launcher + '" was invalid: ' + e
       );
     }
 
+    let charset = "utf-8";
+
+    if (d.length > 1) {
+      try {
+        initialFieldDef["Encoding"].verify(d[1]);
+
+        charset = d[1];
+      } catch (e) {
+        throw new Exception(
+          'Given launcher "' + launcher + '" was invalid: ' + e
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
     return this.builder(
       info,
       {
-        host: launcher
+        host: d[0],
+        charset: charset
       },
       null,
       streams,
@@ -430,6 +485,6 @@ export class Command {
   }
 
   launcher(config) {
-    return config.host;
+    return config.host + (config.charset ? "|" + config.charset : "");
   }
 }
diff --git a/ui/common.css b/ui/common.css
index ec0ac2e..be67e29 100644
--- a/ui/common.css
+++ b/ui/common.css
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ body {
   display: block;
   width: 100%;
   overflow: auto;
-  padding: 1px;
 }
 
 .form1 > fieldset .field.horizontal {
@@ -381,6 +380,7 @@ body {
 
 .form1 > fieldset .field,
 .form1 > fieldset .field input,
+.form1 > fieldset .field select,
 .form1 > fieldset .field textarea,
 .form1 > fieldset .field button {
   vertical-align: middle;
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ body {
 }
 
 .form1 > fieldset .field > input,
+.form1 > fieldset .field > select,
 .form1 > fieldset .field > textarea,
 .form1 > fieldset .field > button {
   box-sizing: border-box;
@@ -438,6 +439,7 @@ body {
 .form1 > fieldset .field > input[type="tel"],
 .form1 > fieldset .field > input[type="url"],
 .form1 > fieldset .field > input[type="password"],
+.form1 > fieldset .field > select,
 .form1 > fieldset .field > textarea {
   width: 100%;
   padding: 10px;
@@ -481,18 +483,21 @@ body {
 .form1 > fieldset .field.error > input[type="tel"],
 .form1 > fieldset .field.error > input[type="url"],
 .form1 > fieldset .field.error > input[type="password"],
+.form1 > fieldset .field.error > select,
 .form1 > fieldset .field.error > textarea {
   background: #483535;
   border-bottom: 2px solid #a83333;
 }
 
 .form1 > fieldset .field > input:disabled,
+.form1 > fieldset .field > select:disabled,
 .form1 > fieldset .field > textarea:disabled,
 .form1 > fieldset .field > button:disabled {
   opacity: 0.35;
 }
 
 .form1 > fieldset .field > input:disabled:active,
+.form1 > fieldset .field > select:disabled:active,
 .form1 > fieldset .field > textarea:disabled:active,
 .form1 > fieldset .field > button:disabled:active {
   opacity: 0.5;
@@ -516,6 +521,7 @@ body {
 .form1 > fieldset .field > input[type="tel"]:focus,
 .form1 > fieldset .field > input[type="url"]:focus,
 .form1 > fieldset .field > input[type="password"]:focus,
+.form1 > fieldset .field > select:focus,
 .form1 > fieldset .field > textarea:focus {
   background: #222;
   border-bottom: 2px solid #e9a;
diff --git a/ui/control/telnet.js b/ui/control/telnet.js
index c1a7442..8ee1251 100644
--- a/ui/control/telnet.js
+++ b/ui/control/telnet.js
@@ -316,6 +316,23 @@ class Control {
     this.colorM = color;
     this.colors = this.colorM.get();
 
+    if (!data.charset || data.charset === "utf-8") {
+      this.charsetDecoder = d => {
+        return d;
+      };
+    } else {
+      let dec = new TextDecoder(data.charset),
+        enc = new TextEncoder();
+
+      this.charsetDecoder = d => {
+        return enc.encode(
+          dec.decode(d, {
+            stream: true
+          })
+        );
+      };
+    }
+
     this.sender = data.send;
     this.closer = data.close;
     this.closed = false;
@@ -332,7 +349,7 @@ class Control {
     this.parser = new Parser(
       this.sender,
       d => {
-        self.subs.resolve(d);
+        self.subs.resolve(this.charsetDecoder(d));
       },
       {
         setEcho(newVal) {
diff --git a/ui/widgets/connector.vue b/ui/widgets/connector.vue
index b3e74d5..6cda1ce 100644
--- a/ui/widgets/connector.vue
+++ b/ui/widgets/connector.vue
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@
               autocomplete="off"
               :name="field.field.name"
               :value="option"
+              :checked="field.field.value === option"
+              :aria-checked="field.field.value === option"
               @input="verify(key, field, false)"
               @change="verify(key, field, true)"
             />
@@ -160,6 +162,27 @@
           </label>
         </div>
 
+        <div v-if="field.field.type === 'select'" class="field">
+          <select
+            v-model="field.field.value"
+            autocomplete="off"
+            :name="field.field.name"
+            :value="field.field.value"
+            @input="verify(key, field, false)"
+            @change="verify(key, field, true)"
+          >
+            <option
+              v-for="(option, oKey) in field.field.example.split(',')"
+              :key="oKey"
+              :value="option"
+              :selected="field.field.value === option"
+              :aria-selected="field.field.value === option"
+            >
+              {{ option }}
+            </option>
+          </select>
+        </div>
+
         <div v-if="field.error.length > 0" class="error">{{ field.error }}</div>
         <div v-else-if="field.message.length > 0" class="message">
           {{ field.message }}