diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain.test/runUnicodeTest b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain.test/runUnicodeTest
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+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain.test/runUnicodeTest
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+#!/bin/sh
+java -Dfile.encoding=en_US.UTF-8 -cp bin/com.sap.sailing.domain.test-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:../com.sap.sailing.domain.tractracadapter/bin/com.sap.sailing.domain.tractracadapter-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:../com.sap.sailing.domain/bin/com.sap.sailing.domain-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:../com.tractrac.clientmodule/bin/com.tractrac.clientmodule-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:../com.tractrac.clientmodule/lib/TracTracClientModule.jar:../com.googlecode.java-diff-utils/bin/com.googlecode.java-diff-utils-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT.jar com.sap.sailing.domain.test.UnicodeCharactersInCompetitorNamesTest