diff --git a/dnet-ariadneplus/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/ariadneplus/workflows/nodes/PublishGraphDBJobNode.java b/dnet-ariadneplus/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/ariadneplus/workflows/nodes/PublishGraphDBJobNode.java
index 5d43a9a..7d2406b 100644
--- a/dnet-ariadneplus/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/ariadneplus/workflows/nodes/PublishGraphDBJobNode.java
+++ b/dnet-ariadneplus/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/ariadneplus/workflows/nodes/PublishGraphDBJobNode.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class PublishGraphDBJobNode extends AsyncJobNode {
 				CloseableHttpResponse responsePPOST = null;
 				try {
 					HttpPost post = new HttpPost(getPublishEndpoint());
-					StringEntity ent = new StringEntity(record);
+					StringEntity ent = new StringEntity(record, "UTF-8");
 					post.setEntity(ent);
 					responsePPOST = client.execute(post);
 					int statusCode = responsePPOST.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();