diff --git a/syntax-files/IDEA/Prog8.xml b/syntax-files/IDEA/Prog8.xml
index b918ebe0d..c588b4912 100644
--- a/syntax-files/IDEA/Prog8.xml
+++ b/syntax-files/IDEA/Prog8.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       <option name="HAS_STRING_ESCAPES" value="true" />
     </options>
     <keywords keywords="&amp;;-&gt;;@;and;as;asmsub;break;clobbers;continue;do;downto;else;false;for;goto;if;if_cc;if_cs;if_eq;if_mi;if_ne;if_neg;if_nz;if_pl;if_pos;if_vc;if_vs;if_z;in;inline;not;or;repeat;return;romsub;step;sub;to;true;unroll;until;when;while;xor;~" ignore_case="false" />
-    <keywords2 keywords="%address;%asm;%asmbinary;%asminclude;%breakpoint;%import;%ir;%launcher;%option;%output;%zeropage;%zpallowed;%zpreserved;iso:;petscii:;sc:" />
+    <keywords2 keywords="%address;%asm;%asmbinary;%asminclude;%breakpoint;%encoding;%import;%ir;%launcher;%option;%output;%zeropage;%zpallowed;%zpreserved;iso:;petscii:;sc:" />
     <keywords3 keywords="@requirezp;@shared;@split;@zp;bool;byte;const;float;str;ubyte;uword;void;word" />
     <keywords4 keywords="abs;all;any;callfar;callram;callrom;clamp;cmp;divmod;len;lsb;max;memory;min;mkword;msb;peek;peekf;peekw;poke;pokef;pokew;pop;popw;push;pushw;reverse;rol;rol2;ror;ror2;rrestore;rrestorex;rsave;rsavex;setlsb;setmsb;sgn;sizeof;sort;sqrt;swap;|&gt;" />
   </highlighting>
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
     <mapping ext="p8" />
     <mapping ext="prog8" />
   </extensionMap>
-</filetype>
\ No newline at end of file
+</filetype>
diff --git a/syntax-files/NotepadPlusPlus/Prog8.xml b/syntax-files/NotepadPlusPlus/Prog8.xml
index d8856415e..db4c8a7e9 100644
--- a/syntax-files/NotepadPlusPlus/Prog8.xml
+++ b/syntax-files/NotepadPlusPlus/Prog8.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <Keywords name="Folders in comment, middle"></Keywords>
             <Keywords name="Folders in comment, close"></Keywords>
             <Keywords name="Keywords1">void const&#x000D;&#x000A;str&#x000D;&#x000A;byte ubyte bool&#x000D;&#x000A;word uword&#x000D;&#x000A;float&#x000D;&#x000A;zp shared split requirezp</Keywords>
-            <Keywords name="Keywords2">%address&#x000D;&#x000A;%asm&#x000D;&#x000A;%ir&#x000D;&#x000A;%asmbinary&#x000D;&#x000A;%asminclude&#x000D;&#x000A;%breakpoint&#x000D;&#x000A;%import&#x000D;&#x000A;%launcher&#x000D;&#x000A;%option&#x000D;&#x000A;%output&#x000D;&#x000A;%zeropage&#x000D;&#x000A;%zpreserved&#x000D;&#x000A;%zpallowed</Keywords>
+            <Keywords name="Keywords2">%address&#x000D;&#x000A;%asm&#x000D;&#x000A;%ir&#x000D;&#x000A;%asmbinary&#x000D;&#x000A;%asminclude&#x000D;&#x000A;%breakpoint&#x000D;&#x000A;%encoding&#x000D;&#x000A;%import&#x000D;&#x000A;%launcher&#x000D;&#x000A;%option&#x000D;&#x000A;%output&#x000D;&#x000A;%zeropage&#x000D;&#x000A;%zpreserved&#x000D;&#x000A;%zpallowed</Keywords>
             <Keywords name="Keywords3">inline sub asmsub romsub&#x000D;&#x000A;clobbers&#x000D;&#x000A;asm&#x000D;&#x000A;if&#x000D;&#x000A;when else&#x000D;&#x000A;if_cc if_cs if_eq if_mi if_neg if_nz if_pl if_pos if_vc if_vs if_z&#x000D;&#x000A;for in step do while repeat unroll&#x000D;&#x000A;break continue return goto</Keywords>
             <Keywords name="Keywords4">abs all any callfar clamp cmp divmod len lsb lsl lsr memory mkword min max msb peek peekw peekf poke pokew pokef push pushw pop popw rsave rsavex rrestore rrestorex reverse rnd rndw rol rol2 ror ror2 setlsb setmsb sgn sizeof sort sqrtw swap</Keywords>
             <Keywords name="Keywords5">true false&#x000D;&#x000A;not and or xor&#x000D;&#x000A;as to downto |&gt;</Keywords>
diff --git a/syntax-files/Vim/prog8.vim b/syntax-files/Vim/prog8.vim
index 949d30d20..66c6bb9fa 100644
--- a/syntax-files/Vim/prog8.vim
+++ b/syntax-files/Vim/prog8.vim
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ syn match prog8Label "\<\w\+\>:"
 syn keyword prog8Operator and or to downto as void
 
 syn match prog8Directive "\(^\|\s\)%\(output\|launcher\|zeropage\)\>"
-syn match prog8Directive "\(^\|\s\)%\(zpreserved\|zpallowed\|address\|import\|option\)\>"
+syn match prog8Directive "\(^\|\s\)%\(zpreserved\|zpallowed\|address\|encoding\|import\|option\)\>"
 syn match prog8Directive "\(^\|\s\)%\(asmbinary\|asminclude\|breakpoint\)\>"
 syn match prog8Directive "\(^\|\s\)%\(asm\|ir\)\>"