diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/rss/rssParser.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/rss/rssParser.java
index 9c3889a7b..d5985a533 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/rss/rssParser.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/rss/rssParser.java
@@ -148,14 +148,14 @@ public class rssParser extends AbstractParser implements Parser {
                     anchors.put(itemURL.toString(),itemTitle);
                     
                 	if ((text.length() != 0) && (text.byteAt(text.length() - 1) != 32)) text.append((byte) 32);
-                	text.append(new serverByteBuffer(htmlFilterAbstractScraper.stripAll(new serverByteBuffer(itemDescr.getBytes()))).trim()).append((byte) ' ');
+                	text.append(new serverByteBuffer(htmlFilterAbstractScraper.stripAll(new serverByteBuffer(itemDescr.getBytes("UTF-8")))).trim()).append((byte) ' '); // TODO: this does not work for utf-8
                     
                     String itemContent = item.getElementValue("content");
                     if ((itemContent != null) && (itemContent.length() > 0)) {
                         
                         htmlFilterContentScraper scraper = new htmlFilterContentScraper(itemURL);
                         OutputStream os = new htmlFilterOutputStream(null, scraper, null, false);
-                        serverFileUtils.copy(new ByteArrayInputStream(itemContent.getBytes()), os);
+                        serverFileUtils.copy(new ByteArrayInputStream(itemContent.getBytes("UTF-8")), os);
                         
                         String itemHeadline = scraper.getTitle();     
                         if ((itemHeadline != null) && (itemHeadline.length() > 0)) {
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
index 404612d39..908c6b6e2 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ import de.anomic.kelondro.kelondroMapTable;
 import de.anomic.plasma.dbImport.dbImportManager;
 import de.anomic.plasma.urlPattern.plasmaURLPattern;
 import de.anomic.server.serverAbstractSwitch;
+import de.anomic.server.serverByteBuffer;
 import de.anomic.server.serverCodings;
 import de.anomic.server.serverDate;
 import de.anomic.server.serverInstantThread;
@@ -1700,6 +1701,8 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboard extends serverAbstractSwitch implements ser
                         storageEndTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                         
                         if (log.isInfo()) {
+                            // TODO: UTF-8 docDescription seems not to be displayed correctly because
+                            // of string concatenation
                             log.logInfo("*Indexed " + words + " words in URL " + entry.url() +
                                     " [" + entry.urlHash() + "]" +
                                     "\n\tDescription:  " + docDescription +