diff --git a/Kerberos.NET/Asn1/Experimental/GeneralStringEncoding.cs b/Kerberos.NET/Asn1/Experimental/GeneralStringEncoding.cs
index 01b5c929..ec6e3d40 100644
--- a/Kerberos.NET/Asn1/Experimental/GeneralStringEncoding.cs
+++ b/Kerberos.NET/Asn1/Experimental/GeneralStringEncoding.cs
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+using System.Text;
+
 namespace System.Security.Cryptography.Asn1
 {
-    internal class GeneralStringEncoding : IA5Encoding
+    internal class GeneralStringEncoding : UTF8Encoding
     {
+        public GeneralStringEncoding(): base(false, throwOnInvalidBytes: true) { }
     }
 }
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