diff --git a/src/com/maxprograms/swordfish/tm/RemoteDatabase.java b/src/com/maxprograms/swordfish/tm/RemoteDatabase.java
index a5a0a8d..2d713d9 100644
--- a/src/com/maxprograms/swordfish/tm/RemoteDatabase.java
+++ b/src/com/maxprograms/swordfish/tm/RemoteDatabase.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ private JSONObject postMessage(String servlet, JSONObject json) throws IOExcepti
 
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         try (InputStream stream = connection.getInputStream()) {
-            try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream))) {
+            try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
                 String line;
                 while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                     sb.append(line);