diff --git a/slpkg/init.py b/slpkg/init.py
index ec716b1c..935b3a46 100644
--- a/slpkg/init.py
+++ b/slpkg/init.py
@@ -690,7 +690,8 @@ class Initialization:
             for f in infiles:
                 if os.path.isfile(f"{path}{f}"):
                     # checking the encoding before read the file
-                    code = Utils.check_encoding(path, f)
+                    utils = Utils()
+                    code = utils.check_encoding(path, f)
                     with open(path + f, "r", encoding=code) as in_f:
                         for line in in_f:
                             out_f.write(line)
diff --git a/slpkg/utils.py b/slpkg/utils.py
index fd9b28af..b3be5dd2 100644
--- a/slpkg/utils.py
+++ b/slpkg/utils.py
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ class Utils:
         else:
             return file_name
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def check_encoding(path, f):
+    def check_encoding(self, path, f):
         """Checking the file encoding default is utf-8
         """
         try: