Index: migrate_from_mantis.rake
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--- migrate_from_mantis.rake	(revision 2819)
+++ migrate_from_mantis.rake	(working copy)
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@
     print "encoding [UTF-8]: "
     encoding = STDIN.gets.chomp!
     encoding = 'UTF-8' if encoding.blank?
+    db_params[:encoding] = encoding
     break if MantisMigrate.encoding encoding
     puts "Invalid encoding!"
   end