diff --git a/src/oca/java/src/org/opennebula/client/OneSystem.java b/src/oca/java/src/org/opennebula/client/OneSystem.java
index 6122e11925..f88d869cf7 100644
--- a/src/oca/java/src/org/opennebula/client/OneSystem.java
+++ b/src/oca/java/src/org/opennebula/client/OneSystem.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class OneSystem
             DocumentBuilder builder =
                 DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
             Document doc = builder.parse(
-                new ByteArrayInputStream(r.getMessage().getBytes()));
+                new ByteArrayInputStream(r.getMessage().getBytes("UTF-8")));
 
             xml = doc.getDocumentElement();
         }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class OneSystem
             DocumentBuilder builder =
                 DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
             Document doc = builder.parse(
-                new ByteArrayInputStream(r.getMessage().getBytes()));
+                new ByteArrayInputStream(r.getMessage().getBytes("UTF-8")));
 
             xml = doc.getDocumentElement();
         }
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public class OneSystem
             DocumentBuilder builder =
                 DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
             Document doc = builder.parse(
-                new ByteArrayInputStream(r.getMessage().getBytes()));
+                new ByteArrayInputStream(r.getMessage().getBytes("UTF-8")));
 
             xml = doc.getDocumentElement();
         }
diff --git a/src/oca/java/src/org/opennebula/client/Pool.java b/src/oca/java/src/org/opennebula/client/Pool.java
index ec4362df87..f8baeb055f 100644
--- a/src/oca/java/src/org/opennebula/client/Pool.java
+++ b/src/oca/java/src/org/opennebula/client/Pool.java
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public abstract class Pool{
 
             builder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
             doc = builder.parse(
-                new ByteArrayInputStream(info.getMessage().getBytes()));
+                new ByteArrayInputStream(info.getMessage().getBytes("UTF-8")));
             xml = doc.getDocumentElement();
 
             poolElements = (NodeList) xpath.evaluate(elementName, xml, XPathConstants.NODESET);
diff --git a/src/oca/java/src/org/opennebula/client/PoolElement.java b/src/oca/java/src/org/opennebula/client/PoolElement.java
index d86bc9388a..2f55d732b0 100644
--- a/src/oca/java/src/org/opennebula/client/PoolElement.java
+++ b/src/oca/java/src/org/opennebula/client/PoolElement.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public abstract class PoolElement {
             DocumentBuilder builder =
                 DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
             Document doc = builder.parse(
-                new ByteArrayInputStream(info.getMessage().getBytes()));
+                new ByteArrayInputStream(info.getMessage().getBytes("UTF-8")));
 
             xml = doc.getDocumentElement();
         }