diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 6d58101d..d312c5e3 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ public:
 };
 
 int main (int argc, char * argv[]) {
-	PIFile::setDefaultCharset("utf8");
-	piCout << PIFile::defaultCharset();
-	PIFile::setDefaultCharset("cp1251");
-	piCout << PIFile::defaultCharset();
-	return 0;
-
 	VC<30, double> x(1.5), y(3.3);
 	double r = 0.0;
 	PITimeMeasurer tm;
diff --git a/src/core/pistring.cpp b/src/core/pistring.cpp
index 5b507deb..ca772ad4 100755
--- a/src/core/pistring.cpp
+++ b/src/core/pistring.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,19 @@ PIString PIString::fromAscii(const char * s) {
 }
 
 
+PIString PIString::fromCodepage(const char * s, const char * c) {
+	int l = 0;
+	while (s[l] != '\0') ++l;
+	PIString ret;
+	if (l > 0) ret.appendFromChars(s, l
+#ifdef PIP_ICU
+										, c
+#endif
+											);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
 void PIString::buildData(const char * cp) const {
 	data_.clear();
 #ifdef PIP_ICU
diff --git a/src/core/pistring.h b/src/core/pistring.h
index 0b6735b3..eadf9a33 100755
--- a/src/core/pistring.h
+++ b/src/core/pistring.h
@@ -731,7 +731,10 @@ public:
 	
 	//! \brief Return string constructed from ASCII
 	static PIString fromAscii(const char * s);
-	
+
+	//! \brief Return string constructed from "c" codepage
+	static PIString fromCodepage(const char * s, const char * c);
+
 	//! \brief Return string contains human readable size in B/kB/MB/GB/TB
 	//! \details Example: \snippet pistring.cpp PIString::readableSize
 	static PIString readableSize(llong bytes) {PIString s; s.setReadableSize(bytes); return s;}
diff --git a/src/io/pifile.cpp b/src/io/pifile.cpp
index 6a54f7df..7844a918 100755
--- a/src/io/pifile.cpp
+++ b/src/io/pifile.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ bool PIFile::closeDevice() {
 
 
 PIString PIFile::readLine() {
-	PIString str;
+	PIByteArray str;
 	if (!opened_) return str;
 	int cc;
 	while (!isEnd()) {
@@ -188,8 +188,12 @@ PIString PIFile::readLine() {
 		if (char(cc) == '\n' || cc == EOF) break;
 		str.push_back(char(cc));
 	}
+	str.push_back('\0');
+	if (defaultCharset()) {
+		return PIString::fromCodepage((const char *)str.data(), defaultCharset());
+	}
 	//cout << "readline: " << str << endl;
-	return str;
+	return PIString(str);
 }