diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 96437694..6a8be917 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Red Panda C++ Version 1.4
+
+  - fix: "Encode in UTF-8" is not correctly checked, when the editor is openned using UTF-8 encoding.
+
 Red Panda C++ Version 1.3
 
   - enhancement: don't parse all openned files when start up
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/RedPandaIDE.pro b/RedPandaIDE/RedPandaIDE.pro
index 260da8be..e63a7faa 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/RedPandaIDE.pro
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/RedPandaIDE.pro
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ isEmpty(APP_NAME) {
 }
 
 isEmpty(APP_VERSION) {
-    APP_VERSION=1.3
+    APP_VERSION=1.4
 }
 
 macos: {
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
index e78005ac..66e74f38 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ void MainWindow::updateForEncodingInfo(bool clear) {
         ui->actionAuto_Detect->setChecked(editor->encodingOption() == ENCODING_AUTO_DETECT);
         ui->actionEncode_in_ANSI->setChecked(editor->encodingOption() == ENCODING_SYSTEM_DEFAULT);
         ui->actionEncode_in_UTF_8->setChecked(editor->encodingOption() == ENCODING_UTF8);
-        ui->actionEncode_in_UTF_8->setChecked(editor->encodingOption() == ENCODING_UTF8_BOM);
+        ui->actionEncode_in_UTF_8_BOM->setChecked(editor->encodingOption() == ENCODING_UTF8_BOM);
     } else {
         mFileEncodingStatus->setText("");
         ui->actionAuto_Detect->setChecked(false);
diff --git a/Red_Panda_CPP.pro b/Red_Panda_CPP.pro
index 123ca3b0..13086d69 100644
--- a/Red_Panda_CPP.pro
+++ b/Red_Panda_CPP.pro
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SUBDIRS += \
 
 APP_NAME = RedPandaCPP
 
-APP_VERSION = 1.3
+APP_VERSION = 1.4
 
 linux: {
     isEmpty(PREFIX) {