diff --git a/app/jobs/forms.py b/app/jobs/forms.py
index 82e574b662291f93656302f56bc1cefe9028a151..ddf9a917f45b005da50072ec8c3e4b96ca801d16 100644
--- a/app/jobs/forms.py
+++ b/app/jobs/forms.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class AddNLPJobForm(FlaskForm):
                           choices=[('2.2.0', 'Latest (2.2.0)'),
                                    ('2.2.0', '2.2.0')],
                           validators=[DataRequired()])
+    check_encoding = BooleanField('Check encoding')
 
     def validate_files(form, field):
         for file in field.data:
diff --git a/app/services/views.py b/app/services/views.py
index 925bb4722f45f1391ee04c1912a4c4c9b9fb422d..f221c0264ff517c9fb9956676cc9a78873148a14 100644
--- a/app/services/views.py
+++ b/app/services/views.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
 from . import services
 import json
 import os
+from app import logger
 
 
 SERVICES = {'corpus_analysis': {'name': 'Corpus analysis'},
@@ -36,7 +37,12 @@ def service(service):
             return make_response(add_job_form.errors, 400)
         service_args = []
         if service == 'nlp':
+            logger.warning(add_job_form.check_encoding)
             service_args.append('-l {}'.format(add_job_form.language.data))
+            logger.warning("Service args: {}".format(service_args))
+            if add_job_form.check_encoding.data:
+                service_args.append('--check-encoding')
+                logger.warning("Service args: {}".format(service_args))
         if service == 'ocr':
             service_args.append('-l {}'.format(add_job_form.language.data))
             if not add_job_form.binarization.data:
diff --git a/app/templates/services/nlp.html.j2 b/app/templates/services/nlp.html.j2
index 4c4c0b1379fb6eaebd1afdc3520fb4ecb5e6075b..300dbba0a599023c624b31bd6e6a0839b16cc4d4 100644
--- a/app/templates/services/nlp.html.j2
+++ b/app/templates/services/nlp.html.j2
@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
+        <div class="row">
+          <div class="col s12 m6">
+              <span class="card-title">Check Encoding</span>
+              <p>If the input files are not created with the nopaque OCR service and you do not know if your tex files are UTF-8 encoded, check this switch. We will try to automatically determine the right encoding for your texts.</p>
+              <div class="switch">
+                <label>
+                  {{ add_job_form.check_encoding() }}
+                  <span class="lever"></span>
+                </label>
+              </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
       </div>
       <div class="card-action right-align">
         <button class="btn waves-effect waves-light" id="submit" name="submit" type="submit">Submit<i class="material-icons right">send</i></button>