From c707d5d74107199dee4a6b34c047b17f6ddaf62c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nat Quayle Nelson <natquaylenelson@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2025 13:01:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ignore empty encoding element

---
 src/fileio/fileio_scen.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/fileio/fileio_scen.cpp b/src/fileio/fileio_scen.cpp
index d6f284a1..06078ff0 100644
--- a/src/fileio/fileio_scen.cpp
+++ b/src/fileio/fileio_scen.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ bool load_scenario_v1(fs::path file_to_load, cScenario& scenario, eLoadScenario
 		
 		std::string decoded;
 		std::vector<std::string> options;
-		if(info.find("encoding") != info.end()){
+		if(info.find("encoding") != info.end() && !info["encoding"].empty()){
 			encoding = info["encoding"];
 			decoded = decode_temp_str(temp_str, encoding);
 		}else{