diff --git a/src/main/java/de/jalin/ldapadmin/web/UserServlet.java b/src/main/java/de/jalin/ldapadmin/web/UserServlet.java
index ca9cb5c..54c7942 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/jalin/ldapadmin/web/UserServlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/jalin/ldapadmin/web/UserServlet.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public class UserServlet extends AbstractLDAPServlet {
     @Override
     protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
             throws ServletException, IOException {
+	req.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
         final Messages messages = new Messages(req.getLocale());
         final HttpSession httpSession = req.getSession();
         cleanSession(httpSession);