diff --git a/server/core/BookConverter/textUtils.js b/server/core/BookConverter/textUtils.js
index 6ee5169d..80ee401e 100644
--- a/server/core/BookConverter/textUtils.js
+++ b/server/core/BookConverter/textUtils.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function getEncoding(buf, returnAll) {
 
     if (returnAll)
         return sorted;
-    else if (sorted[0].c > 0)
+    else if (sorted[0].c > 0 && sorted[0].c > sorted[0].totalChecked/2)
         return sorted[0].codePage;
     else
         return 'ISO-8859-5';