diff --git a/owrx/config/defaults.py b/owrx/config/defaults.py
index 1272507f..8a1e0c65 100644
--- a/owrx/config/defaults.py
+++ b/owrx/config/defaults.py
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ defaultConfig = PropertyLayer(
     mqtt_host="localhost",
     mqtt_use_ssl=False,
     paging_filter=True,
+    paging_charset="US",
     eibi_bookmarks_range=0,
     repeater_range=0,
     adsb_ttl=900,
diff --git a/owrx/controllers/settings/decoding.py b/owrx/controllers/settings/decoding.py
index c1f732cc..cc0e3ba8 100644
--- a/owrx/controllers/settings/decoding.py
+++ b/owrx/controllers/settings/decoding.py
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ class DecodingSettingsController(SettingsFormController):
                     "wfm_rds_rbds",
                     "Decode USA-specific RBDS information from WFM broadcasts",
                 ),
-                CheckboxInput(
-                    "paging_filter",
-                    "Filter out empty, numeric, or unreadable pager messages",
-                ),
                 CheckboxInput(
                     "cw_showcw",
                     "Show CW codes (dits / dahs) when decoding CW",
@@ -103,6 +99,24 @@ class DecodingSettingsController(SettingsFormController):
                     append="s",
                 ),
             ),
+            Section(
+                "Paging messages",
+                DropdownInput(
+                    "paging_charset",
+                    "Message character set",
+                    options=[
+                        Option("US", "English (USA)"),
+                        Option("FR", "French"),
+                        Option("DE", "German"),
+                        Option("SE", "Swedish"),
+                        Option("SI", "Slovenian"),
+                    ],
+                ),
+                CheckboxInput(
+                    "paging_filter",
+                    "Filter out empty, numeric, or unreadable pager messages",
+                ),
+            ),
             Section(
                 "Fax transmissions",
                 NumberInput(