diff --git a/spring-data-couchbase/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/DecryptingReadingConverter.java b/spring-data-couchbase/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/DecryptingReadingConverter.java
index 38edf49a2..e7745cd17 100644
--- a/spring-data-couchbase/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/DecryptingReadingConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-couchbase/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/DecryptingReadingConverter.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -44,15 +45,11 @@ public DecryptingReadingConverter(CryptoManager cryptoManager) {
 		this.cryptoManager = cryptoManager;
 	}
 
-	public void setConversionService(ConversionService conversionService) {
-		this.conversionService = conversionService;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() {
 		Set<ConvertiblePair> convertiblePairs = new HashSet<>();
 		Class<?>[] clazzes = new Class[] { String.class, Integer.class, Long.class, Float.class, Double.class,
-				BigInteger.class, BigDecimal.class, Boolean.class };
+				BigInteger.class, BigDecimal.class, Boolean.class, Enum.class };
 		for (Class clazz : clazzes) {
 			convertiblePairs.add(new ConvertiblePair(CouchbaseDocument.class, clazz));
 		}
@@ -61,7 +58,8 @@ public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() {
 
 	@Override
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
-		return source == null? null : new String(cryptoManager.decrypt(((CouchbaseDocument) source).getContent()));
+		return source == null ? null
+				: new String(cryptoManager.decrypt(((CouchbaseDocument) source).getContent()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-data-couchbase/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/EncryptingWritingConverter.java b/spring-data-couchbase/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/EncryptingWritingConverter.java
index b7ed1d3e2..eeb7240e7 100644
--- a/spring-data-couchbase/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/EncryptingWritingConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-couchbase/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/EncryptingWritingConverter.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ public Set<GenericConverter.ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() {
 
 		Set<ConvertiblePair> convertiblePairs = new HashSet<>();
 		Class<?>[] clazzes = new Class[] { String.class, Integer.class, Long.class, Float.class, Double.class,
-				BigInteger.class, BigDecimal.class, Boolean.class };
+				BigInteger.class, BigDecimal.class, Boolean.class, Enum.class };
 		for (Class clazz : clazzes) {
 			convertiblePairs.add(new ConvertiblePair(clazz, String.class));
 		}
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor t
 		com.couchbase.client.java.encryption.annotation.Encrypted ann = sourceType
 				.getAnnotation(com.couchbase.client.java.encryption.annotation.Encrypted.class);
 		Map<Object, Object> result = new HashMap<>();
-		result.putAll(cryptoManager.encrypt(source.toString().getBytes(), ann.encrypter()));
+		result.putAll(cryptoManager.encrypt(source.toString().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), ann.encrypter()));
 		return new Encrypted(result);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-data-couchbase/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java b/spring-data-couchbase/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java
index bfb0afc47..6e9e41a74 100644
--- a/spring-data-couchbase/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-couchbase/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ private <R> R readValue(Object value, TypeInformation type, Object parent) {
 		} else if (value instanceof CouchbaseList) {
 			return (R) readCollection(type, (CouchbaseList) value, parent);
 		} else {
-			return (R) getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(value, type.getClass()); // type does not have annotations
+			return (R) getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(value, type.getType()); // type does not have annotations
 		}
 	}