# UniDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte from Load\_dataset

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**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/unidecodeerror-charmap-codec-cant-decode-byte-from-load-dataset/129390 "2024-12-05T11:34:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/unidecodeerror-charmap-codec-cant-decode-byte-from-load-dataset/129390/1 "2024-12-05T11:34:17Z")

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Hello,  
I have tried to run the load\_datasets locally by using.

```auto
data = load_dataset(
    "dennlinger/eur-lex-sum",
    "english",
    trust_remote_code=True,
    download_mode="force_redownload", # Ensure fresh download
    # encoding="utf-16",
)

```

However I receive the error  
`UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x90 in position 3598:`

When I searched online, I figured out it is something to do with the encoding to utf-8. But I am observing they removed the **encoding** parameter from load\_dataset.