diff --git a/core/config.js b/core/config.js
index 71bee570..7dede1c5 100644
--- a/core/config.js
+++ b/core/config.js
@@ -609,8 +609,10 @@ function getDefaultConfig() {
 				//	Actual sizes may be slightly larger when we must place a full
 				//	PKT contents *somewhere*
 				//
-				packetTargetByteSize : 512000,		//	512k, before placing messages in a new pkt
-				bundleTargetByteSize : 2048000,		//	2M, before creating another archive
+				packetTargetByteSize	: 512000,		//	512k, before placing messages in a new pkt
+				bundleTargetByteSize	: 2048000,		//	2M, before creating another archive
+				packetMsgEncoding		: 'utf8',		//	default packet encoding. Override per node if desired.
+				packetAnsiMsgEncoding	: 'cp437',		//	packet encoding for *ANSI ART* messages
 
 				tic : {
 					secureInOnly	: true,				//	only bring in from secure inbound (|secInbound| path, password protected)