diff --git a/src/codec/EXIConfig.h b/Release/src/codec/EXIConfig.h
index edbb2dc..24669f6 100755
--- a/src/codec/EXIConfig.h
+++ b/src/codec/EXIConfig.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ extern "C" {
  *
  * 			ASCII or UCS
  * */
-#define STRING_REPRESENTATION STRING_REPRESENTATION_UCS
+#define STRING_REPRESENTATION STRING_REPRESENTATION_ASCII


 /* in the case of ASCII an extra char (null terminator) for printf and other functions is useful */