diff --git a/bin/stegano-lsb b/bin/stegano-lsb
index 8370e61..5fa4681 100755
--- a/bin/stegano-lsb
+++ b/bin/stegano-lsb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ parser_hide = subparsers.add_parser('hide', help='hide help')
 parser_hide.add_argument("-i", "--input", dest="input_image_file",
                 required=True, help="Input image file.")
 parser_hide.add_argument("-e", "--encoding", dest="encoding",
-                choices=tools.ENCODINGS.keys(),
+                choices=tools.ENCODINGS.keys(), default='UTF-8',
                 help="Specify the encoding of the message to hide." +
                 " UTF-8 (default) or UTF-32LE.")
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ parser_reveal = subparsers.add_parser('reveal', help='reveal help')
 parser_reveal.add_argument("-i", "--input", dest="input_image_file",
                 required=True, help="Input image file.")
 parser_reveal.add_argument("-e", "--encoding", dest="encoding",
-                choices=tools.ENCODINGS.keys(),
+                choices=tools.ENCODINGS.keys(), default='UTF-8',
                 help="Specify the encoding of the message to reveal." +
                 " UTF-8 (default) or UTF-32LE.")
 parser_reveal.add_argument("-o", dest="secret_binary",
diff --git a/bin/stegano-lsb-set b/bin/stegano-lsb-set
index c1c3f1f..e8dd2d2 100755
--- a/bin/stegano-lsb-set
+++ b/bin/stegano-lsb-set
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ parser_hide = subparsers.add_parser('hide', help='hide help')
 parser_hide.add_argument("-i", "--input", dest="input_image_file",
                 required=True, help="Input image file.")
 parser_hide.add_argument("-e", "--encoding", dest="encoding",
-                choices=tools.ENCODINGS.keys(),
+                choices=tools.ENCODINGS.keys(), default='UTF-8',
                 help="Specify the encoding of the message to hide." +
                 " UTF-8 (default) or UTF-32LE.")
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ parser_reveal = subparsers.add_parser('reveal', help='reveal help')
 parser_reveal.add_argument("-i", "--input", dest="input_image_file",
                 required=True, help="Input image file.")
 parser_reveal.add_argument("-e", "--encoding", dest="encoding",
-                choices=tools.ENCODINGS.keys(),
+                choices=tools.ENCODINGS.keys(), default='UTF-8',
                 help="Specify the encoding of the message to reveal." +
                 " UTF-8 (default) or UTF-32LE.")
 parser_reveal.add_argument("-g", "--generator", dest="generator_function",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d7eb703..8f75307 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ with open('CHANGELOG.rst', 'r') as f:
 
 setup(
     name='Stegano',
-    version='0.8.1',
+    version='0.8.2',
     author='Cédric Bonhomme',
     author_email='cedric@cedricbonhomme.org',
     packages=packages,