diff --git a/src/ssn/getManifest.ts b/src/ssn/getManifest.ts
index e0e1abb..df5b3b2 100644
--- a/src/ssn/getManifest.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/getManifest.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default async function getManifest(product: Product): Promise<IManifest>
   const patchmanifestStream = extractFileStream(firstFile, stream);
 
   //Convert ArrayBuffer to string
-  const patchmanifestXml = await streamToString(patchmanifestStream);
+  const patchmanifestXml = await streamToString(patchmanifestStream, 'utf-16le');
 
   //convert XML to JSON-converted XML
   const patchManifestJson = xmlJs.xml2js(patchmanifestXml) as xmlJs.Element;
diff --git a/src/ssn/streams/streamToString.ts b/src/ssn/streams/streamToString.ts
index 97cf953..1260e35 100644
--- a/src/ssn/streams/streamToString.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/streams/streamToString.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import * as stream from 'stream';
 import { TextDecoder } from 'util';
 
-export default function streamToString(inputStream: stream.Readable): Promise<string> {
-  const decoder = new TextDecoder('utf-8');
+export default function streamToString(inputStream: stream.Readable, encoding: string = 'utf-8'): Promise<string> {
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder(encoding); //utf-8 or utf-16le
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const stringParts: string[] = [];