diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6acf6a5..de3a3e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ MySQL's LOAD DATA INFILE.
 
 More information can be found at
 https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/load-data.html#load-data-field-line-handling
+
+## Character sets
+
+Characters sets are the worst. Make sure to verify your data is loaded correctly before relying on this not to corrupt your data.
diff --git a/mysqltsv.go b/mysqltsv.go
index 42218b5..09cecc1 100644
--- a/mysqltsv.go
+++ b/mysqltsv.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Escaping explains the escaping this package uses for inclusion in a LOAD DATA INFILE statement.
-const Escaping = `FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' ESCAPED BY '\\' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' STARTING BY ''`
+const Escaping = `CHARACTER SET binary FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' ESCAPED BY '\\' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' STARTING BY ''`
 
 /*
 type Options struct {
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7324183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module github.com/hexon/mysqltsv/tests
+
+go 1.21.4
+
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
+	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1
+	github.com/hexon/mysqltsv v0.1.0
+)
+
+replace github.com/hexon/mysqltsv => ../
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fc0102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1 h1:lUIinVbN1DY0xBg0eMOzmmtGoHwWBbvnWubQUrtU8EI=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1/go.mod h1:OXbVy3sEdcQ2Doequ6Z5BW6fXNQTmx+9S1MCJN5yJMI=
+github.com/hexon/mysqltsv v0.1.0 h1:48wYQlsPH8ZEkKAVCdsOYzMYAlEoevw8ZWD8rqYPdlg=
+github.com/hexon/mysqltsv v0.1.0/go.mod h1:p3vPBkpxebjHWF1bWKYNcXx5pFu+yAG89QZQEKSvVrY=
diff --git a/tests/roundtrip_test.go b/tests/roundtrip_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66da8c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roundtrip_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package mysqltsv_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"math/rand"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
+	"github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
+	"github.com/hexon/mysqltsv"
+)
+
+var schema = `
+CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE roundtrip_test (
+	id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+	data BLOB NOT NULL
+);
+`
+
+func TestRoundtrip(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	dsn := os.Getenv("TEST_DSN")
+	if dsn == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("Environment variable TEST_DSN is empty")
+	}
+	db, err := sql.Open("mysql", dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to connect to database: %v", err)
+	}
+	db.SetMaxOpenConns(1)
+
+	if _, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, schema); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create table: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var dataRows [][]byte
+	for i := 0; 1000 > i; i++ {
+		row := make([]byte, rand.Intn(2048))
+		for j := range row {
+			row[j] = uint8(rand.Intn(255))
+		}
+		dataRows = append(dataRows, row)
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	e := mysqltsv.NewEncoder(&buf, 2, nil)
+	for i, row := range dataRows {
+		e.AppendValue(i)
+		e.AppendBytes(row)
+	}
+	if err := e.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Encoding failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	mysql.RegisterReaderHandler("buf", func() io.Reader { return &buf })
+	res, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'Reader::buf' INTO TABLE `roundtrip_test` %s (id, data)", mysqltsv.Escaping))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	n, err := res.RowsAffected()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RowsAffected failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	rows, err := db.QueryContext(ctx, "SHOW WARNINGS")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to SHOW WARNINGS: %v", err)
+	}
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var level, code, message string
+		if err := rows.Scan(&level, &code, &message); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Scan failed: %v", err)
+		}
+		t.Errorf("MySQL warning: %v", message)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("rows.Close: %v", err)
+	}
+	if n != int64(len(dataRows)) {
+		t.Fatalf("Tried to insert %d rows, but succeeded at only %d", len(dataRows), n)
+	}
+
+	rows, err = db.QueryContext(ctx, "SELECT data FROM roundtrip_test ORDER BY id")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to read rows: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var readData []byte
+		if err := rows.Scan(&readData); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Scan failed: %v", err)
+		}
+		want := dataRows[0]
+		if !bytes.Equal(want, readData) {
+			t.Errorf("Mismatch!")
+			spew.Dump(want)
+			spew.Dump(readData)
+		}
+		dataRows = dataRows[1:]
+	}
+	if err := rows.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("rows.Close: %v", err)
+	}
+}