diff --git a/samples/feed-aggregator-webapp/src/main/java/feed/AggregatorImpl.java b/samples/feed-aggregator-webapp/src/main/java/feed/AggregatorImpl.java
index d4adf03..8550540 100644
--- a/samples/feed-aggregator-webapp/src/main/java/feed/AggregatorImpl.java
+++ b/samples/feed-aggregator-webapp/src/main/java/feed/AggregatorImpl.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
         syndFeed.setFeedType("atom_1.0");
         SyndFeedOutput syndOutput = new SyndFeedOutput();
         try {
-            syndOutput.output(syndFeed, new OutputStreamWriter(bos));
+            syndOutput.output(syndFeed, new OutputStreamWriter(bos, "UTF-8"));
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
diff --git a/samples/feed-aggregator/src/main/java/feed/AggregatorImpl.java b/samples/feed-aggregator/src/main/java/feed/AggregatorImpl.java
index 7b2edb2..5067011 100644
--- a/samples/feed-aggregator/src/main/java/feed/AggregatorImpl.java
+++ b/samples/feed-aggregator/src/main/java/feed/AggregatorImpl.java
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
         syndFeed.setFeedType("atom_1.0");
         SyndFeedOutput syndOutput = new SyndFeedOutput();
         try {
-            syndOutput.output(syndFeed, new OutputStreamWriter(bos));
+            syndOutput.output(syndFeed, new OutputStreamWriter(bos, "UTF-8"));
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }