diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/i18n/subtag/LanguageSubtagRegistryLoader.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/i18n/subtag/LanguageSubtagRegistryLoader.java
index 9ee3cc8f4..2c164db11 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/i18n/subtag/LanguageSubtagRegistryLoader.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/i18n/subtag/LanguageSubtagRegistryLoader.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class LanguageSubtagRegistryLoader {
   }
   private void load(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
 
-    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(inputStream);
+    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(inputStream, "UTF-8");
 
     Record record = null;
     String currentField = null;