diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 88374d39..fe191ddb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ wisemapping.log*
 */.DS_Store
 .DS_Store
 target
+.idea
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 be7a7ae3..c9f4d5da 100755
--- a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ public class FreemindExporter
         htmlContent.append("</body></html>");
 
         DocumentBuilder db = getInstanceBuilder();
-        Document document = db.parse(new ByteArrayInputStream(htmlContent.toString().getBytes()));
+        byte[] bytes = htmlContent.toString().getBytes("UTF-8");
+        Document document = db.parse(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes), "UTF-8");
         richcontent.setHtml(document.getDocumentElement());
         return richcontent;
     }
diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/importer/freemind/FreemindImporter.java b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/importer/freemind/FreemindImporter.java
index 6ec01216..cb531067 100755
--- a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/importer/freemind/FreemindImporter.java
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/importer/freemind/FreemindImporter.java
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ public class FreemindImporter
 
             final String version = freemindMap.getVersion();
             if (version != null) {
+
+                // Is freemind mindmap ?
+                if (version.charAt(0) != '0') {
+                    throw new ImporterException("Mindmap is not a FreeMind document. Document type info " + version);
+                }
+
                 final VersionNumber mapVersion = new VersionNumber(version);
                 if (SUPPORTED_FREEMIND_VERSION.isGreaterThan(mapVersion)) {
                     throw new ImporterException("FreeMind version " + mapVersion.getVersion() + " is not supported.");
@@ -408,7 +414,7 @@ public class FreemindImporter
         if (depth == 1) {
 
             final String side = freeChild.getPOSITION();
-            x = x * (side!=null && POSITION_LEFT.equals(side) ? -1 : 1);
+            x = x * (side != null && POSITION_LEFT.equals(side) ? -1 : 1);
         } else {
             final Coord coord = Coord.parse(wiseParent.getPosition());
             x = x * (coord.isOnLeftSide() ? -1 : 1);
diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/test/resources/data/freemind/fonts.mm b/wise-webapp/src/test/resources/data/freemind/fonts.mm
index c22274f3..25e29b73 100644
--- a/wise-webapp/src/test/resources/data/freemind/fonts.mm
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/test/resources/data/freemind/fonts.mm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<map version="1.9.0">
+<map version="0.9.0">
     <!-- To view this file, download free mind mapping software FreeMind from http://freemind.sourceforge.net -->
     <node CREATED="1301246214383" ID="ID_886000454" MODIFIED="1301246809450" TEXT="Fonts">
         <node CREATED="1301246745581" ID="ID_1660145973" MODIFIED="1301246791264" POSITION="right" TEXT="Styles">