diff --git a/Posh-GitHub/Posh-GitHub.nuspec b/Posh-GitHub/Posh-GitHub.nuspec
index d85f0b3..26c3223 100644
--- a/Posh-GitHub/Posh-GitHub.nuspec
+++ b/Posh-GitHub/Posh-GitHub.nuspec
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ that have been merged into the master branch.
   <files>
     <file src="tools\**" target="tools" />
     <file src="..\core\PowerShellHelpers.ps1" target="tools" />
+    <file src="..\core\EncodingHelpers.ps1" target="tools" />
   </files>
 </package>
diff --git a/Posh-GitHub/tools/chocolateyInstall.ps1 b/Posh-GitHub/tools/chocolateyInstall.ps1
index a6682c9..a8c0bf7 100644
--- a/Posh-GitHub/tools/chocolateyInstall.ps1
+++ b/Posh-GitHub/tools/chocolateyInstall.ps1
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ function Get-CurrentDirectory
 try {
   $current = Get-CurrentDirectory
   . (Join-Path $current 'PowerShellHelpers.ps1')
+  . (Join-Path $current 'EncodingHelpers.ps1')
 
   # find user specific module directory
   $moduleDirectory = Get-ModuleDirectory
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ try {
   {
     $loaderFile = 'Posh-GitHub-Profile.ps1'
     "`n`n# Load Posh-GitHub`n. '$installDirectory\$loaderFile'" |
-      Out-File -FilePath $PROFILE -Append -Encoding UTF8
+      Out-File -FilePath $PROFILE -Append -Encoding (Get-FileEncoding $PROFILE)
     . $PROFILE
   }
 
diff --git a/Posh-VsVars/Posh-VsVars.nuspec b/Posh-VsVars/Posh-VsVars.nuspec
index fbf527e..fe98e0c 100644
--- a/Posh-VsVars/Posh-VsVars.nuspec
+++ b/Posh-VsVars/Posh-VsVars.nuspec
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AwesomeVisualStudioCommandPromptAndPowerShellIcons
   <files>
     <file src="tools\**" target="tools" />
     <file src="..\core\PowerShellHelpers.ps1" target="tools" />
+    <file src="..\core\EncodingHelpers.ps1" target="tools" />
   </files>
 </package>
diff --git a/Posh-VsVars/tools/chocolateyInstall.ps1 b/Posh-VsVars/tools/chocolateyInstall.ps1
index 5b7abc8..e93c3b3 100644
--- a/Posh-VsVars/tools/chocolateyInstall.ps1
+++ b/Posh-VsVars/tools/chocolateyInstall.ps1
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ function Get-CurrentDirectory
 try {
   $current = Get-CurrentDirectory
   . (Join-Path $current 'PowerShellHelpers.ps1')
+  . (Join-Path $current 'EncodingHelpers.ps1')
 
   $moduleDirectory = Get-ModuleDirectory
   $installDirectory = Join-Path $moduleDirectory $package
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ try {
   {
     $loaderFile = 'Posh-VsVars-Profile.ps1'
     "`n`n# Load Posh-VsVars`n. '$installDirectory\$loaderFile'" |
-      Out-File -FilePath $PROFILE -Append -Encoding UTF8
+      Out-File -FilePath $PROFILE -Append -Encoding (Get-FileEncoding $PROFILE)
     Write-Host 'Reloading PowerShell Profile...'
     . $PROFILE
   }