diff --git a/code/pymqi/__init__.py b/code/pymqi/__init__.py
index 917600194e3fe3f35afce467b7c49724d7d1c0fc_Y29kZS9weW1xaS9fX2luaXRfXy5weQ==..d5c3deadc41f84338267630d5d347d1239bf71dd_Y29kZS9weW1xaS9fX2luaXRfXy5weQ== 100644
--- a/code/pymqi/__init__.py
+++ b/code/pymqi/__init__.py
@@ -2454,8 +2454,8 @@
     A pymqi.QueueManager is returned on successfully establishing a connection.
     """
     if channel and conn_info:
-        qmgr = QueueManager(None, disconnect_on_exit, bytes_encoding=bytes_encoding, ccsid=default_ccsid)
+        qmgr = QueueManager(None, disconnect_on_exit, bytes_encoding=bytes_encoding, default_ccsid=default.ccsid)
         qmgr.connect_tcp_client(queue_manager or '', CD(), channel, conn_info, user, password)
         return qmgr
 
     elif queue_manager:
@@ -2458,8 +2458,8 @@
         qmgr.connect_tcp_client(queue_manager or '', CD(), channel, conn_info, user, password)
         return qmgr
 
     elif queue_manager:
-        qmgr = QueueManager(queue_manager, disconnect_on_exit, bytes_encoding=bytes_encoding, ccsid=default_ccsid)
+        qmgr = QueueManager(queue_manager, disconnect_on_exit, bytes_encoding=bytes_encoding, default_ccsid=default.ccsid)
         return qmgr
 
     else: