diff --git a/java/com/google/scrollview/ScrollView.java b/java/com/google/scrollview/ScrollView.java
index e1a02dae35..3f2de7554e 100644
--- a/java/com/google/scrollview/ScrollView.java
+++ b/java/com/google/scrollview/ScrollView.java
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
       System.out.println("Client connected");
 
       // Setup the streams
-      out = new PrintStream(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
+      out = new PrintStream(socket.getOutputStream(), true, "UTF-8");
       in =
           new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream(),
               "UTF8"));