diff --git a/src/main/java/de/kreth/property2java/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/de/kreth/property2java/Configuration.java
index 2d4e2cf..a0032d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/kreth/property2java/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/kreth/property2java/Configuration.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.Writer;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -33,7 +34,12 @@ public interface Configuration {
 	Path getRootPath();
 
 	default Writer outWriter(String fileName) throws IOException {
-		return new FileWriter(new File(getRootPath().toFile(), mapFilenameToClassName(fileName) + ".java"));
+		return new FileWriter(new File(getRootPath().toFile(), mapFilenameToClassName(fileName) + ".java"),
+				outputCharset());
+	}
+
+	default Charset outputCharset() {
+		return Charset.defaultCharset();
 	}
 
 	default String mapFilenameToClassName(String fileName) {