diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6d830346..657db0b5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ EXPOSE 8080
 # Set user and run command
 ##USER stirlingpdfuser
 ENTRYPOINT ["/scripts/init.sh"]
-CMD ["java", "-jar", "/app.jar"]
+CMD ["java", "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8", "-jar", "/app.jar"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile-lite b/Dockerfile-lite
index 9d734942..068e04ca 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-lite
+++ b/Dockerfile-lite
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ ENV DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false
 # Run the application
 #USER stirlingpdfuser
 ENTRYPOINT ["/scripts/init-without-ocr.sh"]
-CMD ["java", "-jar", "/app.jar"]
+CMD ["java", "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8", "-jar", "/app.jar"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile-ultra-lite b/Dockerfile-ultra-lite
index b49b9023..621ed58a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-ultra-lite
+++ b/Dockerfile-ultra-lite
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ ENV ENDPOINTS_GROUPS_TO_REMOVE=CLI
 ENTRYPOINT ["/scripts/init-without-ocr.sh"]
 
 # Run the application
-CMD ["java", "-jar", "/app.jar"]
+CMD ["java", "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8", "-jar", "/app.jar"]