diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae36eab..24ac6c8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
     <name>HeadDB</name>
     <description>Database with thousands of heads</description>
 
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
     <repositories>
         <!-- Paper Repo -->
         <repository>