diff --git a/CASA-auth-token/server-java/Svc/src/com/novell/casa/authtoksvc/RealmsInfo.java b/CASA-auth-token/server-java/Svc/src/com/novell/casa/authtoksvc/RealmsInfo.java
index 3f03ffa5..e5047f06 100644
--- a/CASA-auth-token/server-java/Svc/src/com/novell/casa/authtoksvc/RealmsInfo.java
+++ b/CASA-auth-token/server-java/Svc/src/com/novell/casa/authtoksvc/RealmsInfo.java
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ import javax.naming.directory.Attributes;
 import org.bandit.util.config.Realm;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
-import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -94,10 +96,10 @@ public class RealmsInfo
    RealmsInfo(String realmConfigFilePath) throws Exception
    {
       // Go through all of the configured realms
-      FileReader fileReader = null;
+      Reader fileReader = null;
       try
       {
-         fileReader = new FileReader(realmConfigFilePath);
+         fileReader = new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(realmConfigFilePath), "UTF8");
          RealmsType realmsType = Realms.unmarshal(fileReader);
          for (int i = 0; i < realmsType.getRealmsTypeItemCount(); i++)
          {