diff --git a/mobile/com.sap.sailing.android.shared/src/com/sap/sailing/android/shared/services/sending/MessageSendingService.java b/mobile/com.sap.sailing.android.shared/src/com/sap/sailing/android/shared/services/sending/MessageSendingService.java
index 50845320c3c..26153d390f8 100644
--- a/mobile/com.sap.sailing.android.shared/src/com/sap/sailing/android/shared/services/sending/MessageSendingService.java
+++ b/mobile/com.sap.sailing.android.shared/src/com/sap/sailing/android/shared/services/sending/MessageSendingService.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class MessageSendingService extends Service implements MessageSendingList
     public final static String CALLBACK_PAYLOAD = "callbackPayload"; // passed back to callback
     public final static String MESSAGE_ID = "messageId";
     
-    public static final String charsetName = "UTF=8";
+    public static final String charsetName = "UTF-8";
 
     protected final static String TAG = MessageSendingService.class.getName();