diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpegCore.csproj b/FFMpegCore/FFMpegCore.csproj
index ed3b71c..7e279fb 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpegCore.csproj
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpegCore.csproj
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Instances" Version="3.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="7.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="8.0.4" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFOptions.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFOptions.cs
index 3194874..2d4e4c9 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFOptions.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFOptions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using FFMpegCore.Enums;
 
 namespace FFMpegCore
@@ -20,10 +21,20 @@ public class FFOptions : ICloneable
         /// </summary>
         public string TemporaryFilesFolder { get; set; } = Path.GetTempPath();
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Encoding web name used to persist encoding <see cref="Encoding"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        public string EncodingWebName { get; set; } = Encoding.Default.WebName;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Encoding used for parsing stdout/stderr on ffmpeg and ffprobe processes
         /// </summary>
-        public Encoding Encoding { get; set; } = Encoding.Default;
+        [JsonIgnore]
+        public Encoding Encoding
+        {
+            get => Encoding.GetEncoding(EncodingWebName);
+            set => EncodingWebName = value?.WebName ?? Encoding.Default.WebName;
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The log level to use when calling of the ffmpeg executable.