diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreConsoleHost/main.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreConsoleHost/main.cs
index fc80add9de..300cd25b4f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreConsoleHost/main.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreConsoleHost/main.cs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ OPTIONS
                                 break;
                             case Options.EncodedCommand:
                                 byte[] data = Convert.FromBase64String(nextArg);
-                                initialScript = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data);
+                                initialScript = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(data);
                                 ++i;
                                 break;
                             default: