diff --git a/src/main/java/de/umarumg/Main.java b/src/main/java/de/umarumg/Main.java
index 899b2eb..777c896 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/umarumg/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/umarumg/Main.java
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -52,10 +52,8 @@ public class Main {
 
     public static void loadDialogFromResources(String fileName) {
         try {
-            InputStream dialogJson = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(fileName);
             ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-            story = mapper.readValue(dialogJson, new TypeReference<>() {
-            });
+            story = mapper.readValue(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(fileName), new TypeReference<>() {});
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             logger.severe("Error reading the internal dialog File. Exiting now!");
             System.exit(1);
@@ -64,10 +62,8 @@ public class Main {
 
     public static void loadDialog(String fileName) {
         try {
-            InputStream dialogJson = new FileInputStream(fileName);
             ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-            story = mapper.readValue(dialogJson, new TypeReference<>() {
-            });
+            story = mapper.readValue(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(fileName), StandardCharsets.UTF_8), new TypeReference<>() {});
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             logger.severe("Error reading the internal dialog File. Exiting now!");
             System.exit(1);