diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a78364..084fbb4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.8</source>
 					<target>1.8</target>
+					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
 				</configuration>
         	</plugin>
 		</plugins>