diff --git a/Audio/Plugin.h b/Audio/Plugin.h
index a4077a23d..c88eeb942 100644
--- a/Audio/Plugin.h
+++ b/Audio/Plugin.h
@@ -108,7 +108,13 @@
 
 static NSString *guess_encoding_of_string(const char *input) {
 	NSString *ret = @"";
-	NSData *stringData = [NSData dataWithBytes:input length:strlen(input)];
-	[NSString stringEncodingForData:stringData encodingOptions:nil convertedString:&ret usedLossyConversion:nil];
+	@try {
+		ret = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:input];
+	}
+	@catch(id anException) {
+		// This method is incredibly slow
+		NSData *stringData = [NSData dataWithBytes:input length:strlen(input)];
+		[NSString stringEncodingForData:stringData encodingOptions:nil convertedString:&ret usedLossyConversion:nil];
+	}
 	return ret;
 }