diff --git a/hsarback/build.xml b/hsarback/build.xml
index 9740ed6..124db53 100644
--- a/hsarback/build.xml
+++ b/hsarback/build.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	<target name="compile" description="compilieren">
 		<mkdir dir="${build.home}" />
 		<mkdir dir="${build.home}/cls" />
-		<javac srcdir="${src.home}" destdir="${build.home}/cls" debug="${compile.debug}" deprecation="${compile.deprecation}" optimize="${compile.optimize}">
+		<javac srcdir="${src.home}" destdir="${build.home}/cls" debug="${compile.debug}" deprecation="${compile.deprecation}" optimize="${compile.optimize}" encoding="UTF8">
 			<classpath refid="compile.classpath" />
 		</javac>
 	</target>