diff --git a/src/main/java/com/larscheidschmitzhermes/nexus3/github/oauth/plugin/api/GithubApiClient.java b/src/main/java/com/larscheidschmitzhermes/nexus3/github/oauth/plugin/api/GithubApiClient.java
index f9685bf..c208c06 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/larscheidschmitzhermes/nexus3/github/oauth/plugin/api/GithubApiClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/larscheidschmitzhermes/nexus3/github/oauth/plugin/api/GithubApiClient.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ private InputStreamReader executeGet(String uri, char[] token) throws GithubAuth
                 request.releaseConnection();
                 throw new GithubAuthenticationException("Authentication failed.");
             }
-            return new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent());
+            return new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent(), "UTF-8");
         } catch (IOException e) {
             request.releaseConnection();
             throw new GithubAuthenticationException(e);