diff --git a/enabler/pom.xml b/enabler/pom.xml
index 5156990b..20fca22a 100644
--- a/enabler/pom.xml
+++ b/enabler/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 	<name>enabler</name>
 	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>de.schildbach.pte</groupId>
+		<artifactId>base</artifactId>
+		<version>1</version>
+	</parent>
+
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>
 			<id>googlecode-ksoap2-android</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5868218d..f34b4713 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,4 +52,8 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/service/pom.xml b/service/pom.xml
index 2b27f799..abd2f40c 100644
--- a/service/pom.xml
+++ b/service/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>de.schildbach.pte</groupId>
+		<artifactId>base</artifactId>
+		<version>1</version>
+	</parent>
+
 	<developers>
 		<developer>
 			<name>Andreas Schildbach</name>