diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/stage-marc-import.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/stage-marc-import.tt
index fc6db51f20..0f9568e415 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/stage-marc-import.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/stage-marc-import.tt
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function CheckForm(f) {
 	</li>
 	<li>
 		<label for="encoding">Character encoding: </label>
-            <select name="encoding" id="encoding"><option value="" selected="selected">Default</option><option value="utf8">UTF-8</option><option value="MARC-8">MARC 8</option><option value="ISO_5426">ISO 5426</option><option value="ISO_6937">ISO 6937</option><option value=ISO_8859-1">ISO 8859-1</option><option value="EUC-KR">EUC-KR</option></select>
+            <select name="encoding" id="encoding"><option value="utf8" selected="selected">UTF-8 (Default)</option><option value="MARC-8">MARC 8</option><option value="ISO_5426">ISO 5426</option><option value="ISO_6937">ISO 6937</option><option value=ISO_8859-1">ISO 8859-1</option><option value="EUC-KR">EUC-KR</option></select>
 	</li>
 </ol></fieldset>
   <fieldset class="rows">