diff --git a/src/icalformat.cpp b/src/icalformat.cpp
--- a/src/icalformat.cpp
+++ b/src/icalformat.cpp
@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@
         setException(new Exception(Exception::LoadError));
         return false;
     }
-    QTextStream ts(&file);
-    ts.setCodec("UTF-8");
-    QByteArray text = ts.readAll().trimmed().toUtf8();
+    const QByteArray text = file.readAll().trimmed();
     file.close();
 
     if (text.isEmpty()) {