diff --git a/tomcat-uidm/conf/server.xml b/tomcat-uidm/conf/server.xml
index f56af12..557f7a5 100644
--- a/tomcat-uidm/conf/server.xml
+++ b/tomcat-uidm/conf/server.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <Connector executor="tomcatThreadPool"
                port="8888" protocol="HTTP/1.1" 
                connectionTimeout="20000" 
-               redirectPort="8443" />
+               redirectPort="8443" URIEncoding="UTF-8" />
     <!-- A "Connector" using the shared thread pool-->
     <!--
     <Connector executor="tomcatThreadPool"
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     -->
 
     <!-- Define an AJP 1.3 Connector on port 8009 -->
-    <Connector port="8089" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="8443" executor="tomcatThreadPool" />
+    <Connector port="8089" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="8443" executor="tomcatThreadPool" URIEncoding="UTF-8" />
 
 
     <!-- An Engine represents the entry point (within Catalina) that processes