diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/MOD-INF/controller.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/MOD-INF/controller.js
index 55ca73bcd..44c58d272 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/MOD-INF/controller.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/MOD-INF/controller.js
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ function process(path, request, response) {
             var urlConnection = url.openConnection();
 
             input = new Packages.java.io.BufferedReader(
-                new Packages.java.io.InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream()));
+                new Packages.java.io.InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream(), "UTF8"));
 
             output.write("/* ===== "); 
             output.write(qualifiedPath.fullPath);