diff --git a/starkbank/iso8583/__init__.py b/starkbank/iso8583/__init__.py
index 3c4c7e0..0af01c9 100644
--- a/starkbank/iso8583/__init__.py
+++ b/starkbank/iso8583/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 encoding = "cp500"
 
-from starkbank.iso8583.message import parse, unparse
\ No newline at end of file
+
+def getEncoding():
+    return encoding
+
+
+from starkbank.iso8583.message import parse, unparse
diff --git a/starkbank/iso8583/message.py b/starkbank/iso8583/message.py
index d58d20f..ac10b1a 100644
--- a/starkbank/iso8583/message.py
+++ b/starkbank/iso8583/message.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from bisect import bisect_left as bisectLeft
-from starkbank import iso8583
 from .mastercard import mastercard
 from .utils.binary import Binary
+from . import getEncoding
 
 
 def getVersion(MTI):
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def getVersion(MTI):
     try:
         return versionMap[MTI[0]]
     except KeyError:
-        raise ValueError("Expected '0' or '1' in MTI[0] (Actual {MTI}), please check message iso8583.encoding".format(MTI=MTI))
+        raise ValueError("Expected '0' or '1' in MTI[0] (Actual: {MTI}), please check iso8583.encoding".format(MTI=MTI))
 
 
 def parse(message, template=mastercard):
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def parseElement(message, elementId, template):
     rule = template[elementId]
     size = rule["limit"]
     if rule["type"]:
-        parseSize = int(message[:rule["type"]].decode(iso8583.encoding) or 0)
+        parseSize = int(message[:rule["type"]].decode(getEncoding()) or 0)
         size = min(size, parseSize)
         if parseSize > size:
             raise ValueError(
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def unparseElement(json, elementId, template):
     size = rule["limit"]
     unparsed = rule["unparser"](data)[:size]
     if rule["type"]:
-        return str(len(unparsed)).zfill(rule["type"]).encode(iso8583.encoding) + unparsed
+        return str(len(unparsed)).zfill(rule["type"]).encode(getEncoding()) + unparsed
     if len(unparsed) != size:
         raise ValueError("{elementId}: Expected length {lenExpected}, got {lenActual}".format(
             elementId=elementId,
diff --git a/starkbank/iso8583/utils/parser.py b/starkbank/iso8583/utils/parser.py
index f4e770a..7f999b1 100644
--- a/starkbank/iso8583/utils/parser.py
+++ b/starkbank/iso8583/utils/parser.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 from base64 import b64encode, b64decode
 from copy import deepcopy
 from binascii import hexlify, unhexlify
-from starkbank import iso8583
+from .. import getEncoding
 
 
 def parseString(text):
-    return text.decode(iso8583.encoding)
+    return text.decode(getEncoding())
 
 
 def unparseString(text):
-    return text.encode(iso8583.encoding)
+    return text.encode(getEncoding())
 
 
 def parseBin(text):
@@ -34,31 +34,31 @@ def unparseBytesToBin(text, length=64):
 
 def parseSubelements(text):
     json = {
-        "SE00": text[0:1].decode(iso8583.encoding)
+        "SE00": text[0:1].decode(getEncoding())
     }
     text = text[1:]
     while text:
-        key, length, text = text[0:2].decode(iso8583.encoding), int(text[2:4].decode(iso8583.encoding)), text[4:]
-        value, text = text[0:length].decode(iso8583.encoding), text[length:]
+        key, length, text = text[0:2].decode(getEncoding()), int(text[2:4].decode(getEncoding())), text[4:]
+        value, text = text[0:length].decode(getEncoding()), text[length:]
         json["SE" + key.zfill(2)] = value
     return json
 
 
 def unparseSubelements(text):
     json = deepcopy(text)
-    string = json.pop("SE00").encode(iso8583.encoding)
+    string = json.pop("SE00").encode(getEncoding())
     for key, value in sorted(json.items()):
         key = key.replace("SE", "")
         length = len(value)
-        string += key.encode(iso8583.encoding) + str(length).zfill(2).encode(iso8583.encoding) + value.encode(iso8583.encoding)
+        string += key.encode(getEncoding()) + str(length).zfill(2).encode(getEncoding()) + value.encode(getEncoding())
     return string
 
 
 def parsePds(text):
     json = {}
     while text:
-        key, length, text = text[0:4].decode(iso8583.encoding), int(text[4:7].decode(iso8583.encoding)), text[7:]
-        value, text = text[0:length].decode(iso8583.encoding), text[length:]
+        key, length, text = text[0:4].decode(getEncoding()), int(text[4:7].decode(getEncoding())), text[7:]
+        value, text = text[0:length].decode(getEncoding()), text[length:]
         json["PDS" + key.zfill(4)] = value
     return json
 
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ def unparsePds(text):
     for key, value in sorted(json.items()):
         key = key.replace("PDS", "")
         length = str(len(value)).zfill(3)
-        byteString += key.encode(iso8583.encoding) + length.encode(iso8583.encoding) + value.encode(iso8583.encoding)
+        byteString += key.encode(getEncoding()) + length.encode(getEncoding()) + value.encode(getEncoding())
     return byteString