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);
         }