diff --git a/src/tap/ADQLExecutor.java b/src/tap/ADQLExecutor.java
index fd65069243f83dbb90a2a99998c37d3c8f085445..a0ffd3e2767da702839e40aeb05bbb0aa97b6dfc 100644
--- a/src/tap/ADQLExecutor.java
+++ b/src/tap/ADQLExecutor.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import tap.parameters.DALIUpload;
 import tap.parameters.TAPParameters;
 import tap.upload.Uploader;
 import uws.UWSException;
+import uws.UWSToolBox;
 import uws.job.JobThread;
 import uws.job.Result;
 import uws.service.log.UWSLog.LogLevel;
@@ -610,6 +611,9 @@ public class ADQLExecutor {
 			// Set the HTTP content type to the MIME type of the result format:
 			response.setContentType(formatter.getMimeType());
 
+			// Set the character encoding:
+			response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+
 			// Write the formatted result in the HTTP response output:
 			start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 			writeResult(queryResult, formatter, response.getOutputStream());
diff --git a/src/tap/error/DefaultTAPErrorWriter.java b/src/tap/error/DefaultTAPErrorWriter.java
index 22a542c32ab2c1710c1472e4a1352c2a72276c89..6b390cb1f420fc606a203343169276d8581faafd 100644
--- a/src/tap/error/DefaultTAPErrorWriter.java
+++ b/src/tap/error/DefaultTAPErrorWriter.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import tap.formatter.VOTableFormat;
 import tap.log.DefaultTAPLog;
 import tap.log.TAPLog;
 import uws.UWSException;
+import uws.UWSToolBox;
 import uws.job.ErrorSummary;
 import uws.job.ErrorType;
 import uws.job.UWSJob;
@@ -193,6 +194,9 @@ public class DefaultTAPErrorWriter implements ServiceErrorWriter {
 			// Set the MIME type of the answer (XML for a VOTable document):
 			response.setContentType("application/xml");
 
+			// Set the character encoding:
+			response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+
 		}catch(IllegalStateException ise){
 			/*   If it is not possible any more to reset the response header and body,
 			 * the error is anyway written in order to corrupt the HTTP response.
diff --git a/src/tap/metadata/TAPMetadata.java b/src/tap/metadata/TAPMetadata.java
index 77dd7320c6e4d12896f9ff1ea1b2c9d7a3bba15f..11cad6c039a768d9ba73348fa2d9996e39ff8d42 100644
--- a/src/tap/metadata/TAPMetadata.java
+++ b/src/tap/metadata/TAPMetadata.java
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ public class TAPMetadata implements Iterable<TAPSchema>, VOSIResource, TAPResour
 	@Override
 	public boolean executeResource(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException{
 		response.setContentType("application/xml");
+		response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
 
 		PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
 		write(writer);
diff --git a/src/tap/resource/Availability.java b/src/tap/resource/Availability.java
index 003db0a66c78c1b059e34842d8255a3b2114e452..aede393998a18765a953cd156eb06da7300e64ef 100644
--- a/src/tap/resource/Availability.java
+++ b/src/tap/resource/Availability.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package tap.resource;
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with TAPLibrary.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  * 
- * Copyright 2012,2014 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
  *                       Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI)
  */
 
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import tap.ServiceConnection;
 import tap.TAPException;
 import uk.ac.starlink.votable.VOSerializer;
+import uws.UWSToolBox;
 
 /**
  * <p>TAP resource describing the availability of a TAP service.</p>
  * 
  * @author Gr&eacute;gory Mantelet (CDS;ARI)
- * @version 2.0 (09/2014)
+ * @version 2.0 (04/2015)
  */
 public class Availability implements TAPResource, VOSIResource {
 
@@ -109,6 +110,9 @@ public class Availability implements TAPResource, VOSIResource {
 		// Set the response MIME type (XML):
 		response.setContentType("text/xml");
 
+		// Set the character encoding:
+		response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+
 		// Get the output stream:
 		PrintWriter pw = response.getWriter();
 
diff --git a/src/tap/resource/Capabilities.java b/src/tap/resource/Capabilities.java
index 4afdcca2b11eda6e39599be855025306f3d2bd2b..e8b2aa744fcc9fd70b3162530a18030af61ab43f 100644
--- a/src/tap/resource/Capabilities.java
+++ b/src/tap/resource/Capabilities.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import tap.TAPException;
 import uk.ac.starlink.votable.VOSerializer;
+import uws.UWSToolBox;
 
 /**
  * <p>TAP resource describing the capabilities of a TAP service.</p>
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ import uk.ac.starlink.votable.VOSerializer;
  * <p>This resource just return an XML document giving a description of the TAP service and list all its VOSI resources.</p>
  * 
  * @author Gr&eacute;gory Mantelet (CDS;ARI)
- * @version 2.0 (02/2015)
+ * @version 2.0 (04/2015)
  */
 public class Capabilities implements TAPResource, VOSIResource {
 
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@ public class Capabilities implements TAPResource, VOSIResource {
 		// Set the response MIME type (XML):
 		response.setContentType("application/xml");
 
+		// Set the character encoding:
+		response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+
 		// Get the response stream:
 		PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
 
diff --git a/src/tap/resource/HomePage.java b/src/tap/resource/HomePage.java
index 280ab99b0132c8a1328fb4ad1ecf80fca8c07ffd..b0f5551b0703bc811c87a4854a6192f75f0cb3f7 100644
--- a/src/tap/resource/HomePage.java
+++ b/src/tap/resource/HomePage.java
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ public class HomePage implements TAPResource {
 					// Set the content type:
 					response.setContentType(tap.homePageMimeType);
 
-					// set character encoding:
-					response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+					// Set the character encoding:
+					response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
 
 					// Get the character writer:
 					PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ public class HomePage implements TAPResource {
 			// Set the content type: HTML document
 			response.setContentType("text/html");
 
+			// Set the character encoding:
+			response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+
 			// Write the home page:
 			writer.println("<html><head><title>TAP HOME PAGE</title></head><body><h1 style=\"text-align: center\">TAP HOME PAGE</h1><h2>Available resources:</h2><ul>");
 			for(TAPResource res : tap.resources.values())
diff --git a/src/tap/resource/TAP.java b/src/tap/resource/TAP.java
index 57f15187e5e663bb4a3a9110a9238b7461fd08e6..b8a399b4384bfc7df665e83bbb6ef699f55533d6 100644
--- a/src/tap/resource/TAP.java
+++ b/src/tap/resource/TAP.java
@@ -825,6 +825,9 @@ public class TAP implements VOSIResource {
 				throw new TAPException(ue);
 			}
 
+			// Set the character encoding:
+			response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+
 			// Display the TAP Home Page:
 			if (resourceName.length() == 0){
 				resourceName = homePage.getName();
diff --git a/src/uws/UWSToolBox.java b/src/uws/UWSToolBox.java
index 2658240d2eaea587eab1c99c6e756d9058ccf38f..b582178209eaaef4f5cf9d6f6f2daa8eb27f58e2 100644
--- a/src/uws/UWSToolBox.java
+++ b/src/uws/UWSToolBox.java
@@ -54,10 +54,15 @@ import uws.service.request.UploadFile;
  * Some useful functions for the managing of a UWS service.
  * 
  * @author Gr&eacute;gory Mantelet (CDS;ARI)
- * @version 4.1 (03/2015)
+ * @version 4.1 (04/2015)
  */
 public class UWSToolBox {
 
+	/**
+	 * Default character encoding for all HTTP response sent by this library.
+	 * @since 4.1 */
+	public final static String DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING = "UTF-8";
+
 	private static UWSLog defaultLogger = null;
 
 	/** <b>THIS CLASS CAN'T BE INSTANTIATED !</b> */
@@ -504,6 +509,9 @@ public class UWSToolBox {
 			if (mimeType != null)
 				response.setContentType(mimeType);
 
+			// Set the character encoding:
+			response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+
 			// Set the HTTP content length:
 			if (contentSize > 0)
 				response.setContentLength((int)contentSize);
diff --git a/src/uws/service/UWSService.java b/src/uws/service/UWSService.java
index 4283ff5ddf54268883757f4543ce0b54f1a34d4f..c0e65dc70c629cae960cecd1cacccdf2bfc726fb 100644
--- a/src/uws/service/UWSService.java
+++ b/src/uws/service/UWSService.java
@@ -1128,6 +1128,9 @@ public class UWSService implements UWS {
 			// Identify the user:
 			user = UWSToolBox.getUser(request, userIdentifier);
 
+			// Set the character encoding:
+			response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+
 			// Apply the appropriate UWS action:
 			for(int i = 0; action == null && i < uwsActions.size(); i++){
 				if (uwsActions.get(i).match(urlInterpreter, user, request)){
@@ -1217,6 +1220,7 @@ public class UWSService implements UWS {
 	public void redirect(String url, HttpServletRequest request, JobOwner user, String uwsAction, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, UWSException{
 		response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_SEE_OTHER);
 		response.setContentType(request.getContentType());
+		response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
 		response.setHeader("Location", url);
 		response.flushBuffer();
 	}
diff --git a/src/uws/service/UWSServlet.java b/src/uws/service/UWSServlet.java
index 9a47f3a6b5ad09722897e4bc58f3cd089e117db8..1f62ca76f8247f98400f7e159eb0819dd0487806 100644
--- a/src/uws/service/UWSServlet.java
+++ b/src/uws/service/UWSServlet.java
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ public abstract class UWSServlet extends HttpServlet implements UWS, UWSFactory
 			// Identify the user:
 			user = UWSToolBox.getUser(req, userIdentifier);
 
+			// Set the character encoding:
+			resp.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+
 			// METHOD GET:
 			if (method.equals("GET")){
 				// HOME PAGE:
@@ -489,6 +492,7 @@ public abstract class UWSServlet extends HttpServlet implements UWS, UWSFactory
 	protected void writeHomePage(UWSUrl requestUrl, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp, JobOwner user) throws UWSException, ServletException, IOException{
 		UWSSerializer serializer = getSerializer(req.getHeader("Accept"));
 		resp.setContentType(serializer.getMimeType());
+		resp.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
 		String serialization;
 		try{
 			serialization = serializer.getUWS(this);
@@ -514,6 +518,7 @@ public abstract class UWSServlet extends HttpServlet implements UWS, UWSFactory
 		// Write the jobs list:
 		UWSSerializer serializer = getSerializer(req.getHeader("Accept"));
 		resp.setContentType(serializer.getMimeType());
+		resp.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
 		try{
 			jobsList.serialize(resp.getOutputStream(), serializer, user);
 		}catch(Exception e){
@@ -585,6 +590,7 @@ public abstract class UWSServlet extends HttpServlet implements UWS, UWSFactory
 		// Write the job summary:
 		UWSSerializer serializer = getSerializer(req.getHeader("Accept"));
 		resp.setContentType(serializer.getMimeType());
+		resp.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
 		try{
 			job.serialize(resp.getOutputStream(), serializer, user);
 		}catch(Exception e){
@@ -664,11 +670,15 @@ public abstract class UWSServlet extends HttpServlet implements UWS, UWSFactory
 			UWSSerializer serializer = getSerializer(req.getHeader("Accept"));
 			String uwsField = attributes[0];
 			boolean jobSerialization = false;
+			// Set the content type:
 			if (uwsField == null || uwsField.trim().isEmpty() || (attributes.length <= 1 && (uwsField.equalsIgnoreCase(UWSJob.PARAM_ERROR_SUMMARY) || uwsField.equalsIgnoreCase(UWSJob.PARAM_RESULTS) || uwsField.equalsIgnoreCase(UWSJob.PARAM_PARAMETERS)))){
 				resp.setContentType(serializer.getMimeType());
 				jobSerialization = true;
 			}else
 				resp.setContentType("text/plain");
+			// Set the character encoding:
+			resp.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+			// Serialize the selected attribute:
 			try{
 				job.serialize(resp.getOutputStream(), attributes, serializer);
 			}catch(Exception e){
@@ -766,6 +776,7 @@ public abstract class UWSServlet extends HttpServlet implements UWS, UWSFactory
 	public void redirect(String url, HttpServletRequest request, JobOwner user, String uwsAction, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException{
 		response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_SEE_OTHER);
 		response.setContentType(request.getContentType());
+		response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
 		response.setHeader("Location", url);
 		response.flushBuffer();
 	}
diff --git a/src/uws/service/actions/AddJob.java b/src/uws/service/actions/AddJob.java
index 5dd182b4b29ef1bfc289902343df18348caee7ef..2d5853e55acf94b67e98a2376709044812a946e9 100644
--- a/src/uws/service/actions/AddJob.java
+++ b/src/uws/service/actions/AddJob.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package uws.service.actions;
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with UWSLibrary.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  * 
- * Copyright 2012,2014 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
  *                       Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI)
  */
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import uws.service.log.UWSLog.LogLevel;
  * The response of this action is a redirection to the new job resource (that is to say: a redirection to the job summary of the new job).</p>
  * 
  * @author Gr&eacute;gory Mantelet (CDS;ARI)
- * @version 4.1 (08/2014)
+ * @version 4.1 (04/2015)
  */
 public class AddJob extends UWSAction {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
diff --git a/src/uws/service/actions/DestroyJob.java b/src/uws/service/actions/DestroyJob.java
index 2aeb76a5986640e21cffa19b80fef75d6ff13ed5..de75e204288973db2118aad73e868bbcd1a9eae5 100644
--- a/src/uws/service/actions/DestroyJob.java
+++ b/src/uws/service/actions/DestroyJob.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package uws.service.actions;
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with UWSLibrary.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  * 
- * Copyright 2012,2014 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
  *                       Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI)
  */
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import uws.service.log.UWSLog.LogLevel;
  * The response of this action is a redirection to the jobs list.</p>
  * 
  * @author Gr&eacute;gory Mantelet (CDS;ARI)
- * @version 4.1 (11/2014)
+ * @version 4.1 (04/2015)
  */
 public class DestroyJob extends UWSAction {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
diff --git a/src/uws/service/actions/GetJobParam.java b/src/uws/service/actions/GetJobParam.java
index c82988774bb39007bb71b79f2c3feb480642b373..37b23ba3dca5b701c1846be957928bf736a1db43 100644
--- a/src/uws/service/actions/GetJobParam.java
+++ b/src/uws/service/actions/GetJobParam.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package uws.service.actions;
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with UWSLibrary.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  * 
- * Copyright 2012,2014 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
  *                       Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI)
  */
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import uws.service.request.UploadFile;
  * The serializer is choosen in function of the HTTP Accept header.</p>
  * 
  * @author Gr&eacute;gory Mantelet (CDS;ARI)
- * @version 4.1 (09/2014)
+ * @version 4.1 (04/2015)
  */
 public class GetJobParam extends UWSAction {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -171,11 +171,16 @@ public class GetJobParam extends UWSAction {
 			UWSSerializer serializer = uws.getSerializer(request.getHeader("Accept"));
 			String uwsField = attributes[0];
 			boolean jobSerialization = false;
+			// Set the content type:
 			if (uwsField == null || uwsField.trim().isEmpty() || (attributes.length <= 1 && (uwsField.equalsIgnoreCase(UWSJob.PARAM_ERROR_SUMMARY) || uwsField.equalsIgnoreCase(UWSJob.PARAM_RESULTS) || uwsField.equalsIgnoreCase(UWSJob.PARAM_PARAMETERS)))){
 				response.setContentType(serializer.getMimeType());
 				jobSerialization = true;
 			}else
 				response.setContentType("text/plain");
+
+			// Set the character encoding:
+			response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+			// Serialize the selected attribute:
 			try{
 				job.serialize(response.getOutputStream(), attributes, serializer);
 			}catch(Exception e){
diff --git a/src/uws/service/actions/JobSummary.java b/src/uws/service/actions/JobSummary.java
index d645259e9d7eb06e8c5c29aa6e69484893ce1337..e6cdee274d2c11342be53a5c279a2034c7c1cd21 100644
--- a/src/uws/service/actions/JobSummary.java
+++ b/src/uws/service/actions/JobSummary.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package uws.service.actions;
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with UWSLibrary.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  * 
- * Copyright 2012,2014 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
  *                       Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI)
  */
 
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import uws.UWSException;
+import uws.UWSToolBox;
 import uws.job.UWSJob;
 import uws.job.serializer.UWSSerializer;
 import uws.job.user.JobOwner;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ import uws.service.log.UWSLog.LogLevel;
  * This summary is serialized by the {@link UWSSerializer} choosed in function of the HTTP Accept header.</p>
  * 
  * @author Gr&eacute;gory Mantelet (CDS;ARI)
- * @version 4.1 (08/2014)
+ * @version 4.1 (04/2015)
  */
 public class JobSummary extends UWSAction {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ public class JobSummary extends UWSAction {
 		// Write the job summary:
 		UWSSerializer serializer = uws.getSerializer(request.getHeader("Accept"));
 		response.setContentType(serializer.getMimeType());
+		response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
 		try{
 			job.serialize(response.getOutputStream(), serializer, user);
 		}catch(Exception e){
diff --git a/src/uws/service/actions/ListJobs.java b/src/uws/service/actions/ListJobs.java
index 18be0642f222c41dab5e461bf8e5b4fd23852d55..83a7a711396d00b092058afe3795c3b19adda479 100644
--- a/src/uws/service/actions/ListJobs.java
+++ b/src/uws/service/actions/ListJobs.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package uws.service.actions;
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with UWSLibrary.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  * 
- * Copyright 2012,2014 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
  *                       Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI)
  */
 
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import uws.UWSException;
+import uws.UWSToolBox;
 import uws.job.JobList;
 import uws.job.serializer.UWSSerializer;
 import uws.job.user.JobOwner;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ import uws.service.log.UWSLog.LogLevel;
  * This list is serialized by the {@link UWSSerializer} choosed in function of the HTTP Accept header.</p>
  * 
  * @author Gr&eacute;gory Mantelet (CDS;ARI)
- * @version 4.1 (08/2014)
+ * @version 4.1 (04/2015)
  */
 public class ListJobs extends UWSAction {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ public class ListJobs extends UWSAction {
 		// Write the jobs list:
 		UWSSerializer serializer = uws.getSerializer(request.getHeader("Accept"));
 		response.setContentType(serializer.getMimeType());
+		response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
 		try{
 			jobsList.serialize(response.getOutputStream(), serializer, user);
 		}catch(Exception e){
diff --git a/src/uws/service/actions/SetJobParam.java b/src/uws/service/actions/SetJobParam.java
index d9f18821609dfde289c33cbf008b3e35d95f8c45..df6788703aee79b2b0f9ed6285bb40f1ff858423 100644
--- a/src/uws/service/actions/SetJobParam.java
+++ b/src/uws/service/actions/SetJobParam.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package uws.service.actions;
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with UWSLibrary.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  * 
- * Copyright 2012,2014 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 - UDS/Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),
  *                       Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI)
  */
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import uws.service.log.UWSLog.LogLevel;
  * The response of this action is a redirection to the job summary.</p>
  * 
  * @author Gr&eacute;gory Mantelet (CDS;ARI)
- * @version 4.1 (09/2014)
+ * @version 4.1 (04/2015)
  */
 public class SetJobParam extends UWSAction {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
diff --git a/src/uws/service/actions/SetUWSParameter.java b/src/uws/service/actions/SetUWSParameter.java
index dab912fd6b6e90994d2d3eb94b3cedc1d703a999..832823af772db08306e5a001e53196561a544924 100644
--- a/src/uws/service/actions/SetUWSParameter.java
+++ b/src/uws/service/actions/SetUWSParameter.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package uws.service.actions;
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with UWSLibrary.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  * 
- * Copyright 2014 - Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI)
+ * Copyright 2014-2015 - Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI)
  */
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import uws.service.UWSUrl;
  * <p><i><u>Note:</u> The corresponding name is {@link UWSAction#SET_UWS_PARAMETER}.</i></p>
  * 
  * @author Gr&eacute;gory Mantelet (ARI)
- * @version 4.1 (11/2014)
+ * @version 4.1 (04/2015)
  * @since 4.1
  */
 public class SetUWSParameter extends UWSAction {
diff --git a/src/uws/service/actions/ShowHomePage.java b/src/uws/service/actions/ShowHomePage.java
index 7d4205d7dcb8f85201ef03e9aa06dd74dab330ea..bba81ebfcfcece598aac1095733c1bdeba2c5b0b 100644
--- a/src/uws/service/actions/ShowHomePage.java
+++ b/src/uws/service/actions/ShowHomePage.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import uws.UWSException;
+import uws.UWSToolBox;
 import uws.job.serializer.UWSSerializer;
 import uws.job.user.JobOwner;
 import uws.service.UWSService;
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ public class ShowHomePage extends UWSAction {
 		if (uws.isDefaultHomePage()){
 			UWSSerializer serializer = uws.getSerializer(request.getHeader("Accept"));
 			response.setContentType(serializer.getMimeType());
+			response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
 			// Get a short and simple serialization of this UWS:
 			String serialization;
 			try{
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ public class ShowHomePage extends UWSAction {
 				BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(homePageUrl.openStream()));
 
 				response.setContentType("text/html");
+				response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
 				PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
 				try{
 					String line = null;
diff --git a/src/uws/service/error/DefaultUWSErrorWriter.java b/src/uws/service/error/DefaultUWSErrorWriter.java
index 90196133a67a3341ac49b4f50602309b01beb846..345d1c26b5933c6d1c5c9b06166445a02712c86d 100644
--- a/src/uws/service/error/DefaultUWSErrorWriter.java
+++ b/src/uws/service/error/DefaultUWSErrorWriter.java
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ public class DefaultUWSErrorWriter implements ServiceErrorWriter {
 			// Set the MIME type of the answer (XML for a VOTable document):
 			response.setContentType(UWSSerializer.MIME_TYPE_HTML);
 
+			// Set the character encoding:
+			response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+
 		}catch(IllegalStateException ise){
 			/*   If it is not possible any more to reset the response header and body,
 			 * the error is anyway written in order to corrupt the HTTP response.
@@ -292,6 +295,9 @@ public class DefaultUWSErrorWriter implements ServiceErrorWriter {
 			// Set the MIME type of the answer (JSON):
 			response.setContentType(UWSSerializer.MIME_TYPE_JSON);
 
+			// Set the character encoding:
+			response.setCharacterEncoding(UWSToolBox.DEFAULT_CHAR_ENCODING);
+
 		}catch(IllegalStateException ise){
 			/*   If it is not possible any more to reset the response header and body,
 			 * the error is anyway written in order to corrupt the HTTP response.