--- a/src/main/java/de/uapcore/lightpit/AbstractLightPITServlet.java Thu Nov 19 13:58:54 2020 +0100 +++ b/src/main/java/de/uapcore/lightpit/AbstractLightPITServlet.java Wed Nov 25 11:13:02 2020 +0100 @@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ } private void doProcess(HttpMethod method, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException { + // the very first thing to do is to force UTF-8 + req.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8"); // choose the requested language as session language (if available) or fall back to english, otherwise HttpSession session = req.getSession();