diff --git a/json2encoding_util.py b/json2encoding_util.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f97205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json2encoding_util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""json2json will convert JSON compatible objects from one encoding
+to UTF-8.
+"""
+
+from src.utils import json2encoding
+
+
+def main():
+    """Primary entry point for this script."""
+    json2encoding.main()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/json2json_util.py b/json2json_util.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9ca6ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json2json_util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""json2json will convert JSON compatible objects from one encoding
+to UTF-8.
+"""
+
+from src.utils import json2json
+
+
+def main():
+    """Primary entry point for this script."""
+    json2json.main()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/src/utils/json2encoding.py b/src/utils/json2encoding.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af6a478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/json2encoding.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+"""Write a UTF-8 file to a different encoding."""
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import sys
+import time
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Final
+
+# Set up logging.
+logging.basicConfig(
+    format="%(asctime)-15s %(levelname)s :: %(filename)s:%(lineno)s:%(funcName)s() :: %(message)s",  # noqa: E501
+    datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+    level="INFO",
+    handlers=[
+        logging.StreamHandler(),
+    ],
+)
+
+
+# Default to UTC time.
+logging.Formatter.converter = time.gmtime
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+supported_encodings: Final[list] = [
+    "UTF-8",
+    "UTF-16",
+    "UTF-16BE",
+    "UTF-32",
+    "UTF-32BE",
+    "SHIFT-JIS",
+    "BIG5",
+]
+
+
+def write_json(path: str, output: str, encoding: str):
+    """Write files with different encodings."""
+    if encoding.upper() not in supported_encodings:
+        logger.error(
+            "encoding: '%s' not supported, must be one of: '%s'",
+            encoding,
+            ", ".join(supported_encodings),
+        )
+        sys.exit(1)
+    data = None
+    with open(path, "r") as input:
+        data = input.read()
+    data = data.encode(encoding)
+    with open(output, "wb") as output:
+        output.write(data)
+
+
+def main():
+    """Primary entry point for this script."""
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog="json2json",
+        description="read a plaintext file (usually JSON) and opt to output it in a different encodingss",
+        epilog="for more information visit https://github.com/ffdev-info/json-id",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--debug",
+        help="use debug loggng",
+        required=False,
+        action="store_true",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--input",
+        "-i",
+        help="file path to process",
+        required=False,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output",
+        "-o",
+        help="output file path",
+        required=False,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--encoding",
+        "-e",
+        help="encoding to output as",
+        required=False,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--list",
+        "-l",
+        help="list encodings",
+        required=False,
+        action="store_true",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    logging.getLogger(__name__).setLevel(logging.DEBUG if args.debug else logging.INFO)
+    logger.debug("debug logging is configured")
+    if args.list:
+        print("available encodings:", ", ".join(supported_encodings))
+        sys.exit()
+    if not args.input and args.output:
+        parser.print_help(sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit()
+    write_json(path=args.input, output=args.output, encoding=args.encoding)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/src/utils/json2json.py b/src/utils/json2json.py
index bdbbf21..4fd6a1b 100644
--- a/src/utils/json2json.py
+++ b/src/utils/json2json.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ async def identify_plaintext_bytestream(path: str) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
 async def identify_json(paths: list[str]):
     """Identify objects."""
     for idx, path in enumerate(paths):
-        valid, data, _, _ = await identify_plaintext_bytestream(path)
+        valid, data = await identify_plaintext_bytestream(path)
         if not valid:
             continue
         print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))