diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-service.xml b/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-service.xml
index 73d24756..bedf0bdd 100755
--- a/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-service.xml
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-service.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
     </bean>
 
     <bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource">
+        <property name="defaultEncoding" value="UTF-8"/>
         <property name="basenames">
             <list>
                 <value>messages</value>
diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-servlet.xml b/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-servlet.xml
index 29e70142..a82cc4c0 100644
--- a/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-servlet.xml
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-servlet.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     </bean>
 
     <bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource">
+        <property name="defaultEncoding" value="UTF-8"/>
         <property name="basenames">
             <list>
                 <value>messages</value>