diff --git a/app/contexts/files/create_context.rb b/app/contexts/files/create_context.rb
index b3d62a0..3b684d3 100644
--- a/app/contexts/files/create_context.rb
+++ b/app/contexts/files/create_context.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ module Files
       new_file_action = Gitlab::Satellite::NewFileAction.new(current_user, project, ref, file_path)
       created_successfully = new_file_action.commit!(
         params[:content],
-        params[:commit_message]
+        params[:commit_message],
+        params[:encoding]
       )
 
       if created_successfully
diff --git a/app/contexts/files/update_context.rb b/app/contexts/files/update_context.rb
index 556027a..2458efa 100644
--- a/app/contexts/files/update_context.rb
+++ b/app/contexts/files/update_context.rb
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ module Files
         return error("You can only edit text files")
       end
 
-      new_file_action = Gitlab::Satellite::EditFileAction.new(current_user, project, ref, path)
-      created_successfully = new_file_action.commit!(
+      edit_file_action = Gitlab::Satellite::EditFileAction.new(current_user, project, ref, path)
+      created_successfully = edit_file_action.commit!(
         params[:content],
-        params[:commit_message]
+        params[:commit_message],
+        params[:encooding]
       )
 
       if created_successfully
--
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