diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.manage2sail.resultimport/src/com/sap/sailing/manage2sail/resultimport/Manage2SailEventResultsParser.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.manage2sail.resultimport/src/com/sap/sailing/manage2sail/resultimport/Manage2SailEventResultsParser.java
index e3545d7e495..4efec305e2a 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.manage2sail.resultimport/src/com/sap/sailing/manage2sail/resultimport/Manage2SailEventResultsParser.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.manage2sail.resultimport/src/com/sap/sailing/manage2sail/resultimport/Manage2SailEventResultsParser.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class Manage2SailEventResultsParser {
     public EventResultDescriptor getEventResult(InputStream is) throws IOException {
         EventResultDescriptor result = null;
         try {
-            JSONObject jsonRoot = (JSONObject) new JSONParser().parse(new InputStreamReader(is));
+            JSONObject jsonRoot = (JSONObject) new JSONParser().parse(new InputStreamReader(is, "UTF-8"));
             result = new EventResultDescriptor();
             result.setId((String) jsonRoot.get("Id"));
             result.setIsafId((String) jsonRoot.get("IsafId"));