diff --git a/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/registry/LanguageRegistry.java b/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/registry/LanguageRegistry.java
index 3e32966b8..ba1270e50 100644
--- a/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/registry/LanguageRegistry.java
+++ b/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/registry/LanguageRegistry.java
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package cpw.mods.fml.common.registry;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
+
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.FMLLog;
 
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@ public class LanguageRegistry
                 langPack.loadFromXML(langStream);
             }
             else {
-                langPack.load(langStream);
+                langPack.load(new InputStreamReader(langStream,Charsets.UTF_8));
             }
 
             addStringLocalization(langPack, lang);