diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3bb1c3f2..39f464b9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ v0.51.1		21-Feb-2004 - 06-Mar-2004
 	upgrade:
 		In all message groups set check/set default character set.
 		In all message areas set the character set to use with the
-		global editor (to Latin-1 for example). Local and netmail
+		global editor (to CP437 for example). Local and netmail
 		areas must be done by hand because they are most likely not
 		in a group.
 		The macro templates are updated, you MUST install the newfiles
diff --git a/mbsetup/m_marea.c b/mbsetup/m_marea.c
index 2f1c51d2..96925077 100644
--- a/mbsetup/m_marea.c
+++ b/mbsetup/m_marea.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ void MsgGlobal(void)
     char	*p, mfile[PATH_MAX];
     FILE	*fil;
     fidoaddr	a1, a2;
-    int		menu = 0, marea, Areas, akan = 0, Found, charset = FTNC_LATIN_1;
+    int		menu = 0, marea, Areas, akan = 0, Found, charset = FTNC_CP437;
     int		Total, Done, netbrd, daysold, maxmsgs, maxarticles;
     long	offset;
     securityrec	rs, ws, ss, as;
diff --git a/mbsetup/m_mgroup.c b/mbsetup/m_mgroup.c
index 06593a8f..f88371f9 100644
--- a/mbsetup/m_mgroup.c
+++ b/mbsetup/m_mgroup.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int OpenMGroup(void)
 				    mgroup.LinkSec.flags = 1;
 				}
 				if (MGrpUpdated && (mgroup.Charset == FTNC_NONE)) {
-				    mgroup.Charset = FTNC_LATIN_1;
+				    mgroup.Charset = FTNC_CP437;
 				}
 				fwrite(&mgroup, sizeof(mgroup), 1, fout);
 				memset(&mgroup, 0, sizeof(mgroup));