diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1831a36..5bf6e14 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.0.2</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.4</source>
+                    <target>1.4</target>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
     <reporting>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>