| Getting Started with PCC > Configuration > Customizing Text File Encoding for Prizm Services | 
By default, Prizm Services uses an encoding auto detection mechanism upon loading of text files. This auto detection may fail on some systems or some files due to specific system settings - language, default code page, etc.
To disable encoding auto detection for text files, edit the Watchdog configuration file located in the following default directories:
Add following parameter into the "officeConversionService" section:
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                    "officeConversionService": { ... "textFileEncoding":"utf8" },  | 
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Only the "utf8" value is currently supported for the textFileEncoding parameter.