diff --git a/kDrive/UI/View/Files/Preview/CodePreviewCollectionViewCell.swift b/kDrive/UI/View/Files/Preview/CodePreviewCollectionViewCell.swift
index 6206ff317..1adaf97f4 100644
--- a/kDrive/UI/View/Files/Preview/CodePreviewCollectionViewCell.swift
+++ b/kDrive/UI/View/Files/Preview/CodePreviewCollectionViewCell.swift
@@ -67,7 +67,16 @@ class CodePreviewCollectionViewCell: PreviewCollectionViewCell {
     func configure(with file: File) {
         do {
             // Read file
-            let content = try String(contentsOf: file.localUrl)
+            let data = try Data(contentsOf: file.localUrl, options: .alwaysMapped)
+            var maybeString: NSString?
+
+            NSString.stringEncoding(for: data, convertedString: &maybeString, usedLossyConversion: nil)
+            guard let maybeString else {
+                throw DriveError.unknownError
+            }
+
+            let content = maybeString as String
+
             // Display content
             if file.extension == "md" || file.extension == "markdown" {
                 displayMarkdown(for: content)