diff --git a/Tools/Utilities/bridge.js b/Tools/Utilities/bridge.js
index 9c3540c51..9f1cc6433 100644
--- a/Tools/Utilities/bridge.js
+++ b/Tools/Utilities/bridge.js
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ if (typeof Packages != "undefined") {
     
 	objj_console = function()
 	{
-		var br = new Packages.java.io.BufferedReader(new Packages.java.io.InputStreamReader(Packages.java.lang.System["in"]));
+		var br = new Packages.java.io.BufferedReader(new Packages.java.io.InputStreamReader(Packages.java.lang.System["in"], "UTF-8"));
 		
 		keepgoing = true;
 		while (keepgoing)