diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.geocoding/src/com/sap/sailing/geocoding/impl/ReverseGeocoderImpl.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.geocoding/src/com/sap/sailing/geocoding/impl/ReverseGeocoderImpl.java
index a784769dc0f..9ddfd43732a 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.geocoding/src/com/sap/sailing/geocoding/impl/ReverseGeocoderImpl.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.geocoding/src/com/sap/sailing/geocoding/impl/ReverseGeocoderImpl.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ public class ReverseGeocoderImpl implements ReverseGeocoder {
      * @param position
      *            The position to be checked by the cache
      * @return The cached placemarks (with meta-data) sorted by distance towards <code>position</code> or
-     *         <code>null</code>, if there's nothing cached around <code>postion</code> within
+     *         <code>null</code>, if there's nothing cached around <code>position</code> within
      *         {@link ReverseGeocoderImpl#POSITION_CACHE_DISTANCE_LIMIT the distance limit}
      */
     private Triple<Position, Double, List<Placemark>> checkCache(Position position) {
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ public class ReverseGeocoderImpl implements ReverseGeocoder {
 
         URL request = new URL(url.toString());
         URLConnection connection = request.openConnection();
-        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
+        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream(), Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
         JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
         JSONObject obj = (JSONObject) parser.parse(in);
         JSONArray geonames = (JSONArray) obj.get("geonames");
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ public class ReverseGeocoderImpl implements ReverseGeocoder {
 
         URL request = new URL(url.toString());
         URLConnection connection = request.openConnection();
-        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
+        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream(), Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
         JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
         JSONObject obj = (JSONObject) parser.parse(in);
         JSONArray geonames = (JSONArray) obj.get("geonames");
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.server/SailingServer (No Proxy).launch b/java/com.sap.sailing.server/SailingServer (No Proxy).launch
index c9760f19479..6cedb984fb8 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.server/SailingServer (No Proxy).launch	
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.server/SailingServer (No Proxy).launch	
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
 <booleanAttribute key="tracing" value="false"/>
 <booleanAttribute key="useCustomFeatures" value="false"/>
 <booleanAttribute key="useDefaultConfigArea" value="false"/>
-<stringAttribute key="workspace_bundles" value="com.google.gwt.osgi@default:default,com.googlecode.java-diff-utils@default:default,com.mongodb.driver@default:default,com.sap.sailing.declination@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.common@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.persistence@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.swisstimingadapter.persistence@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.swisstimingadapter@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.tractracadapter.persistence@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.tractracadapter@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain@default:default,com.sap.sailing.expeditionconnector@default:default,com.sap.sailing.geocoding@default:default,com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui@default:default,com.sap.sailing.mongodb@default:default,com.sap.sailing.server.api@default:default,com.sap.sailing.server@default:default,com.sap.sailing.udpconnector@default:default,com.sap.sailing.www@default:default,com.sap.sailing.xcelsiusadapter@default:default,com.tractrac.clientmodule@default:default,com.tractrac.resultapi@default:default,org.json.simple@default:default"/>
+<stringAttribute key="workspace_bundles" value="com.google.gwt.osgi@default:default,com.googlecode.java-diff-utils@default:default,com.mongodb.driver@default:default,com.sap.sailing.declination@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.common@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.persistence@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.swisstimingadapter.persistence@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.swisstimingadapter@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.tractracadapter.persistence@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.tractracadapter@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain@default:default,com.sap.sailing.expeditionconnector@default:default,com.sap.sailing.geocoding@default:default,com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui@default:default,com.sap.sailing.mongodb@default:default,com.sap.sailing.server@default:default,com.sap.sailing.udpconnector@default:default,com.sap.sailing.www@default:default,com.sap.sailing.xcelsiusadapter@default:default,com.tractrac.clientmodule@default:default,com.tractrac.resultapi@default:default,org.json.simple@default:default"/>
 </launchConfiguration>
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.server/SailingServer (Proxy).launch b/java/com.sap.sailing.server/SailingServer (Proxy).launch
index c1ed3d7bb70..0e1fc14297b 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.server/SailingServer (Proxy).launch	
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.server/SailingServer (Proxy).launch	
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
 <booleanAttribute key="tracing" value="false"/>
 <booleanAttribute key="useCustomFeatures" value="false"/>
 <booleanAttribute key="useDefaultConfigArea" value="false"/>
-<stringAttribute key="workspace_bundles" value="com.google.gwt.osgi@default:default,com.googlecode.java-diff-utils@default:default,com.mongodb.driver@default:default,com.sap.sailing.declination@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.common@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.persistence@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.swisstimingadapter.persistence@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.swisstimingadapter@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.tractracadapter.persistence@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.tractracadapter@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain@default:default,com.sap.sailing.expeditionconnector@default:default,com.sap.sailing.geocoding@default:default,com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui@default:default,com.sap.sailing.mongodb@default:default,com.sap.sailing.server.api@default:default,com.sap.sailing.server@default:default,com.sap.sailing.udpconnector@default:default,com.sap.sailing.www@default:default,com.sap.sailing.xcelsiusadapter@default:default,com.tractrac.clientmodule@default:default,com.tractrac.resultapi@default:default,org.json.simple@default:default"/>
+<stringAttribute key="workspace_bundles" value="com.google.gwt.osgi@default:default,com.googlecode.java-diff-utils@default:default,com.mongodb.driver@default:default,com.sap.sailing.declination@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.common@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.persistence@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.swisstimingadapter.persistence@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.swisstimingadapter@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.tractracadapter.persistence@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain.tractracadapter@default:default,com.sap.sailing.domain@default:default,com.sap.sailing.expeditionconnector@default:default,com.sap.sailing.geocoding@default:default,com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui@default:default,com.sap.sailing.mongodb@default:default,com.sap.sailing.server@default:default,com.sap.sailing.udpconnector@default:default,com.sap.sailing.www@default:default,com.sap.sailing.xcelsiusadapter@default:default,com.tractrac.clientmodule@default:default,com.tractrac.resultapi@default:default,org.json.simple@default:default"/>
 </launchConfiguration>