diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/arsnova-servlet.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/arsnova-servlet.xml
index f5917fbb908f1b9a9e9b4e4843b6addb397a6a9e..7bc0504de6c08a724ac9b475b0584f6169ecb143 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/arsnova-servlet.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/arsnova-servlet.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 	<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter">
 		<property name="messageConverters">
 			<list>
+	            <bean class = "org.springframework.http.converter.StringHttpMessageConverter">
+	                <property name="supportedMediaTypes" value = "text/plain;charset=UTF-8" />
+	            </bean>
 				<bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter" />
 			</list>
 		</property>