1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/zwobble/mammoth/internal/xml/XmlWriter.java b/src/main/java/org/zwobble/mammoth/internal/xml/XmlWriter.java
index 7882258..8c37aff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/zwobble/mammoth/internal/xml/XmlWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/zwobble/mammoth/internal/xml/XmlWriter.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class XmlWriter {
 
     private static XMLStreamWriter createXmlWriter(ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream) throws XMLStreamException {
         XMLOutputFactory outputFactory = XMLOutputFactory.newInstance();
-        return outputFactory.createXMLStreamWriter(outputStream);
+        return outputFactory.createXMLStreamWriter(outputStream, "UTF-8");
     }
 
     private final XMLStreamWriter writer;