diff --git a/startYACY.bat b/startYACY.bat
index a42d9a07b..ba17e54dc 100644
--- a/startYACY.bat
+++ b/startYACY.bat
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if exist DATA\SETTINGS\httpProxy.conf GoTo :RENAMEINDEX
 if exist DATA\SETTINGS\yacy.conf GoTo :GETSTARTOPTS
 
 :STARTJAVA
-set javacmd=%javacmd% -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
+set javacmd=%javacmd% -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 Rem Starting YaCy
 Echo Generated classpath:%CLASSPATH%
 Echo JRE Parameters:%javacmd%
diff --git a/startYACY.sh b/startYACY.sh
index d8127e3fd..e2e221b0c 100755
--- a/startYACY.sh
+++ b/startYACY.sh
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ CLASSPATH=""
 for N in lib/*.jar; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done
 CLASSPATH=".:htroot:$CLASSPATH"
 
-cmdline="$JAVA $JAVA_ARGS -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath $CLASSPATH net.yacy.yacy";
+cmdline="$JAVA $JAVA_ARGS -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath $CLASSPATH net.yacy.yacy";
 if [ $GUI -eq 1 ] #gui
 then
 	cmdline="$cmdline -gui"