diff --git a/internal/utils/utils.go b/internal/utils/utils.go
index 365dc27..b7c11a1 100644
--- a/internal/utils/utils.go
+++ b/internal/utils/utils.go
@@ -58,16 +58,7 @@ const (
 func FormatXml(reader io.Reader, writer io.Writer, indent string, colors int) error {
 	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(reader)
 	decoder.Strict = false
-	decoder.CharsetReader = func(charset string, input io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
-		if strings.ToLower(charset) == "utf-16" {
-			charset = "utf-8"
-		}
-		e, err := ianaindex.MIME.Encoding(charset)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return transform.NewReader(input, e.NewDecoder()), nil
-	}
+	decoder.CharsetReader = getCharsetReader
 
 	level := 0
 	hasContent := false
@@ -216,7 +207,8 @@ func XPathQuery(reader io.Reader, writer io.Writer, query string, singleNode boo
 
 	doc, err := xmlquery.ParseWithOptions(reader, xmlquery.ParserOptions{
 		Decoder: &xmlquery.DecoderOptions{
-			Strict: false,
+			Strict:        false,
+			CharsetReader: getCharsetReader,
 		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -614,3 +606,14 @@ func normalizeSpaces(input string, indent string, level int) string {
 
 	return input
 }
+
+func getCharsetReader(charset string, input io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
+	if strings.ToLower(charset) == "utf-16" {
+		charset = "utf-8"
+	}
+	e, err := ianaindex.MIME.Encoding(charset)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return transform.NewReader(input, e.NewDecoder()), nil
+}