diff --git a/ipp-v3-java-devkit/src/main/java/com/intuit/ipp/interceptors/DecompressionInterceptor.java b/ipp-v3-java-devkit/src/main/java/com/intuit/ipp/interceptors/DecompressionInterceptor.java
index ab577fed..76ad24c2 100755
--- a/ipp-v3-java-devkit/src/main/java/com/intuit/ipp/interceptors/DecompressionInterceptor.java
+++ b/ipp-v3-java-devkit/src/main/java/com/intuit/ipp/interceptors/DecompressionInterceptor.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import com.intuit.ipp.exception.FMSException;
 import com.intuit.ipp.util.Logger;
 import com.intuit.ipp.util.StringUtils;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 /**
  * Interceptor to decompress the HTTP response
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ public void execute(IntuitMessage intuitMessage) throws FMSException {
 			String readLine = null;
 			StringBuilder responseBody = new StringBuilder();
 			try {
-				br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(responseElements.getResponseContent()));
+				br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(responseElements.getResponseContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 
 				//get the response body received from socket connection
 				while (((readLine = br.readLine()) != null)) {