diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/charencoding/CharacterEncodingDemo.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/charencoding/CharacterEncodingDemo.java
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+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/charencoding/CharacterEncodingDemo.java
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+package com.baeldung.charencoding;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class CharacterEncodingDemo {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(CharacterEncodingDemo.class, args);
+	}
+
+	@Bean
+	public FilterRegistrationBean filterRegistrationBean() {
+		CharacterEncodingFilter filter = new CharacterEncodingFilter();
+		filter.setEncoding("UTF-8");
+		filter.setForceEncoding(true);
+		
+		FilterRegistrationBean registrationBean = new FilterRegistrationBean();
+		registrationBean.setFilter(filter);
+		registrationBean.addUrlPatterns("/*");
+		return registrationBean;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/charencoding/controller/CharEncodingCheckController.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/charencoding/controller/CharEncodingCheckController.java
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+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/charencoding/controller/CharEncodingCheckController.java
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+package com.baeldung.charencoding.controller;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+
+@Controller
+public class CharEncodingCheckController {
+	
+	@GetMapping("/ping")
+	public String ping() {
+		return "path";
+	}
+}