diff --git a/trunk/build.xml b/trunk/build.xml
index d1dc90898c..42a795587c 100644
--- a/trunk/build.xml
+++ b/trunk/build.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 	</target>
 
 	<target name="compile" depends="init" description="Compile the source.">
-		<javac srcdir="${src}" classpathref="classpath" destdir="${build.bin}" compiler="modern" debug="true" debuglevel="lines,vars,source" includeantruntime="false" source="1.8" target="1.8" />
+		<javac srcdir="${src}" classpathref="classpath" destdir="${build.bin}" compiler="modern" debug="true" debuglevel="lines,vars,source" includeantruntime="false" source="1.8" target="1.8" encoding="UTF-8" />
 	</target>
 
 	<target name="jar" depends="compile" description="Create the jar files.">
diff --git a/trunk/dist/game/startGameServer.bat b/trunk/dist/game/startGameServer.bat
index 6aa02bc973..29f0d67e64 100644
--- a/trunk/dist/game/startGameServer.bat
+++ b/trunk/dist/game/startGameServer.bat
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ echo Starting Game Server.
 echo.
 
 REM java -Djava.util.logging.manager=com.l2jserver.util.L2LogManager -Dpython.cachedir=../cachedir -Xms1024m -Xmx1536m -jar l2jserver.jar
-java -version:1.8 -server -Djava.util.logging.manager=com.l2jserver.util.L2LogManager -XX:+AggressiveOpts -Xnoclassgc -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:SurvivorRatio=8 -Xmx4g -Xms2g -Xmn1g -jar l2jserver.jar
+java -version:1.8 -server -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.util.logging.manager=com.l2jserver.util.L2LogManager -XX:+AggressiveOpts -Xnoclassgc -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:SurvivorRatio=8 -Xmx4g -Xms2g -Xmn1g -jar l2jserver.jar
 
 REM NOTE: If you have a powerful machine, you could modify/add some extra parameters for performance, like:
 REM -Xms1536m