diff -r 86b5d8a1662f -r e2d09cf3fb96 src/main/java/de/uapcore/lightpit/AbstractLightPITServlet.java
--- 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();