diff --git a/app/src/main/java/protect/card_locker/DBHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/protect/card_locker/DBHelper.java
index 23b59d56b..493e6f329 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/protect/card_locker/DBHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/protect/card_locker/DBHelper.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 public class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
     public static final String DATABASE_NAME = "Catima.db";
     public static final int ORIGINAL_DATABASE_VERSION = 1;
-    public static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 18;
+    public static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 19;
 
     // NB: changing these values requires a migration
     public static final int DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL = 100;
@@ -345,6 +345,17 @@ public class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
             db.execSQL("ALTER TABLE " + LoyaltyCardDbIds.TABLE
                     + " ADD COLUMN " + LoyaltyCardDbIds.BARCODE_ENCODING + " TEXT");
         }
+
+        // On upgrade to 2.41.3, force all existing "Automatic" cards to ISO-8859-1.
+        // UTF-8 support was only added in 2.42.0, before that, all barcodes were saved without
+        // any encoding info. As many scanners deal badly with ECI info, automatically guessing
+        // UTF-8 for old barcodes may break them.
+        //
+        // New cards will be saved using either "Automatic" encoding to guess or, for pkpass files,
+        // whatever encoding is specified.
+        if (oldVersion < 19 && newVersion >= 19) {
+            db.execSQL("UPDATE " + LoyaltyCardDbIds.TABLE + " SET " + LoyaltyCardDbIds.BARCODE_ENCODING + " = 'ISO-8859-1' WHERE " + LoyaltyCardDbIds.BARCODE_ENCODING + " IS NULL");
+        }
     }
 
     public static Set<String> imageFiles(Context context, final SQLiteDatabase database) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/protect/card_locker/importexport/CatimaImporter.java b/app/src/main/java/protect/card_locker/importexport/CatimaImporter.java
index a6567dd44..b819ab858 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/protect/card_locker/importexport/CatimaImporter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/protect/card_locker/importexport/CatimaImporter.java
@@ -459,8 +459,11 @@ public class CatimaImporter implements Importer {
             barcodeType = CatimaBarcode.fromName(unparsedBarcodeType);
         }
 
+        // Barcode encoding information is only supported since Catima 2.41.0, so old exports will lack this field
+        // Database migration 19 forcing ISO-8859-1 on all cards, so we should treat imports from old Catima versions the same and force ISO-8859-1 there too
+        // This limits the risk of breaking cards when importing an old database backup
         Charset barcodeEncoding = null;
-        String unparsedBarcodeEncoding = CSVHelpers.extractString(DBHelper.LoyaltyCardDbIds.BARCODE_ENCODING, record, "");
+        String unparsedBarcodeEncoding = CSVHelpers.extractString(DBHelper.LoyaltyCardDbIds.BARCODE_ENCODING, record, "ISO-8859-1");
         if (!unparsedBarcodeEncoding.isEmpty()) {
             barcodeEncoding = Charset.forName(unparsedBarcodeEncoding);
         }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/protect/card_locker/DatabaseTest.java b/app/src/test/java/protect/card_locker/DatabaseTest.java
index c84ac1567..5314cccef 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/protect/card_locker/DatabaseTest.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/protect/card_locker/DatabaseTest.java
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ public class DatabaseTest {
         assertEquals("cardId", card.cardId);
         assertEquals(null, card.barcodeId);
         assertEquals(BarcodeFormat.UPC_A, card.barcodeType.format());
-        assertEquals(null, card.barcodeEncoding);
+        assertEquals(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1, card.barcodeEncoding); // Old cards are assumed to be ISO-8859-1
         assertEquals(null, card.headerColor);
         assertEquals(0, card.starStatus);
         assertEquals(0, card.lastUsed);
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ public class DatabaseTest {
         assertEquals("cardId", card2.cardId);
         assertEquals(null, card2.barcodeId);
         assertEquals(null, card2.barcodeType); // Empty string should've become null
-        assertEquals(null, card.barcodeEncoding);
+        assertEquals(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1, card.barcodeEncoding); // Old cards are assumed to be ISO-8859-1
         assertEquals(null, card2.headerColor);
         assertEquals(0, card2.starStatus);
         assertEquals(0, card2.lastUsed);
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/protect/card_locker/ImportExportTest.java b/app/src/test/java/protect/card_locker/ImportExportTest.java
index e10d10d85..9f01f517b 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/protect/card_locker/ImportExportTest.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/protect/card_locker/ImportExportTest.java
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ public class ImportExportTest {
         assertEquals("12345", card.cardId);
         assertEquals(null, card.barcodeId);
         assertEquals(BarcodeFormat.AZTEC, card.barcodeType.format());
-        assertEquals(null, card.barcodeEncoding);
+        assertEquals(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1, card.barcodeEncoding); // Old cards are assumed to be ISO-8859-1
         assertNull(card.headerColor);
         assertEquals(0, card.starStatus);
 
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ public class ImportExportTest {
         assertEquals("12345", card.cardId);
         assertEquals(null, card.barcodeId);
         assertEquals(BarcodeFormat.AZTEC, card.barcodeType.format());
-        assertEquals(null, card.barcodeEncoding);
+        assertEquals(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1, card.barcodeEncoding); // Old cards are assumed to be ISO-8859-1
         assertNull(card.headerColor);
         assertEquals(0, card.starStatus);
 
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ public class ImportExportTest {
         assertEquals("12345", card.cardId);
         assertEquals(null, card.barcodeId);
         assertEquals(null, card.barcodeType);
-        assertEquals(null, card.barcodeEncoding);
+        assertEquals(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1, card.barcodeEncoding); // Old cards are assumed to be ISO-8859-1
         assertEquals(1, (long) card.headerColor);
         assertEquals(0, card.starStatus);
 
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ public class ImportExportTest {
         assertEquals("12345", card.cardId);
         assertEquals(null, card.barcodeId);
         assertEquals(BarcodeFormat.AZTEC, card.barcodeType.format());
-        assertEquals(null, card.barcodeEncoding);
+        assertEquals(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1, card.barcodeEncoding); // Old cards are assumed to be ISO-8859-1
         assertEquals(1, (long) card.headerColor);
         assertEquals(1, card.starStatus);
 
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ public class ImportExportTest {
         assertEquals("12345", card.cardId);
         assertEquals(null, card.barcodeId);
         assertEquals(BarcodeFormat.AZTEC, card.barcodeType.format());
-        assertEquals(null, card.barcodeEncoding);
+        assertEquals(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1, card.barcodeEncoding); // Old cards are assumed to be ISO-8859-1
         assertEquals(1, (long) card.headerColor);
         assertEquals(0, card.starStatus);
 
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ public class ImportExportTest {
         assertEquals("12345", card.cardId);
         assertEquals(null, card.barcodeId);
         assertEquals(BarcodeFormat.AZTEC, card.barcodeType.format());
-        assertEquals(null, card.barcodeEncoding);
+        assertEquals(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1, card.barcodeEncoding); // Old cards are assumed to be ISO-8859-1
         assertEquals(1, (long) card.headerColor);
         assertEquals(0, card.starStatus);