diff --git a/thunderbirdparser/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/thunderbirdparser/PstParser.java b/thunderbirdparser/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/thunderbirdparser/PstParser.java
index 5d91dd1c9b..68859233eb 100755
--- a/thunderbirdparser/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/thunderbirdparser/PstParser.java
+++ b/thunderbirdparser/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/thunderbirdparser/PstParser.java
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestMonitor;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestServices;
 import static org.sleuthkit.autopsy.thunderbirdparser.ThunderbirdMboxFileIngestModule.getRelModuleOutputPath;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.AbstractFile;
+import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.EncodedFileOutputStream;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.TskCoreException;
+import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.TskData;
 
 /**
  * Parser for extracting emails from pst/ost Mircosoft Outlook data files.
@@ -260,7 +262,8 @@ class PstParser {
      * @throws PSTException
      */
     private void saveAttachmentToDisk(PSTAttachment attach, String outPath) throws IOException, PSTException {
-        try (InputStream attachmentStream = attach.getFileInputStream(); FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outPath)) {
+        try (InputStream attachmentStream = attach.getFileInputStream(); 
+                EncodedFileOutputStream out = new EncodedFileOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(outPath), TskData.EncodingType.XOR1)) {
             // 8176 is the block size used internally and should give the best performance
             int bufferSize = 8176;
             byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize];