--- a/src/lib/libmspub_utils.cpp	2026-10-27 15:10:39.953314802 +0100
+++ b/src/lib/libmspub_utils.cpp	2026-10-27 15:10:39.965915207 +0100
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
   {
     return "windows-1256";
   }
+  // PubOpener: our own detector (pub-engine/shim) names Windows code pages directly.
+  if (strncmp(name, "windows-", 8) == 0)
+  {
+    return name;
+  }
   return nullptr;
 }