diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgCommandContext.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgCommandContext.java
index 9d747b2fbc..a4d11900ad 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgCommandContext.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgCommandContext.java
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ public class HgCommandContext implements Closeable
 
       try
       {
-        Charset charset = Charset.forName(config.getEncoding());
+        Charset charset = Charset.forName(encoding);
 
         if (logger.isTraceEnabled())
         {
-          logger.trace("set encoding {} for mercurial", config.getEncoding());
+          logger.trace("set encoding {} for mercurial", encoding);
         }
 
         repoConfiguration.setEncoding(charset);