diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java
index d3c5145b..d9911349 100755
--- a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class FreemindExporter
 
     public void export(MindMap map, OutputStream outputStream) throws ExportException {
         try {
-            export(map.getUnzippedXml().getBytes(), outputStream);
+            export(map.getUnzippedXml().getBytes("UTF-8"), outputStream);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ExportException(e);
         }
diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/test/data/wisemaps/simple-maps.mmr b/wise-webapp/src/test/data/wisemaps/simple-maps.mmr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/test/java/com/wisemapping/test/freemind/ImportExportTest.java b/wise-webapp/src/test/java/com/wisemapping/test/freemind/ImportExportTest.java
index 34ea6786..d7b2634e 100644
--- a/wise-webapp/src/test/java/com/wisemapping/test/freemind/ImportExportTest.java
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/test/java/com/wisemapping/test/freemind/ImportExportTest.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class ImportExportTest {
     private String readFile(@NotNull File file) throws IOException {
         // Load rec file co
         final FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
-        final InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(fis);
+        final InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(fis,"UTF-8");
         final BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
 
         final StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();