diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 59ce3be..22c5fee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
         <junit.version>4.10</junit.version>
         <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
+	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>    
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>