# Failed to encode '中山市' in character set 'ISO-8859-1'

**URL:** <https://community.dremio.com/t/failed-to-encode-in-character-set-iso-8859-1/2776>\
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**Created:** [February 14, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/failed-to-encode-in-character-set-iso-8859-1/2776 "2019-02-14T08:29:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![asm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@asm](https://community.dremio.com/u/asm)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/failed-to-encode-in-character-set-iso-8859-1/2776/2 "2019-02-14T13:49:55Z")

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Hi,  
Try to change default encoding to UTF-16 as follows:

> [@How to support UTF8 encoding format?](https://community.dremio.com/t/how-to-support-utf8-encoding-format/543/10):
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> Hi, You can change calcite default encoding via custom java option in dremio-env configuration file. Here is example how set encoding to UTF-16: DREMIO\_JAVA\_SERVER\_EXTRA\_OPTS=’-Dsaffron.default.charset=UTF-16LE -Dsaffron.default.nationalcharset=UTF-16LE -Dsaffron.default.collation.name=UTF-16LE$en\_US’

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