diff --git a/src/de/schildbach/pte/ParserUtils.java b/src/de/schildbach/pte/ParserUtils.java
index 2e44535b..2a6895fe 100644
--- a/src/de/schildbach/pte/ParserUtils.java
+++ b/src/de/schildbach/pte/ParserUtils.java
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ public final class ParserUtils
 
 	public static CharSequence scrape(final String url) throws IOException
 	{
-		return scrape(url, null);
+		return scrape(url, null, null);
 	}
 
-	public static CharSequence scrape(final String url, final String request) throws IOException
+	public static CharSequence scrape(final String url, final String request, final String encoding) throws IOException
 	{
 		int tries = 3;
 
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ public final class ParserUtils
 
 				if (request != null)
 				{
-					final Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(connection.getOutputStream(), "ISO-8859-1");
+					final Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(connection.getOutputStream(), encoding != null ? encoding : "ISO-8859-1");
 					writer.write(request);
 					writer.close();
 				}
 
-				final Reader pageReader = new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream(), "ISO-8859-1");
+				final Reader pageReader = new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream(), encoding != null ? encoding : "ISO-8859-1");
 
 				final char[] buf = new char[SCRAPE_INITIAL_CAPACITY];
 				while (true)
diff --git a/src/de/schildbach/pte/VbbProvider.java b/src/de/schildbach/pte/VbbProvider.java
index ecc655cf..e2135916 100644
--- a/src/de/schildbach/pte/VbbProvider.java
+++ b/src/de/schildbach/pte/VbbProvider.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public final class VbbProvider implements NetworkProvider
 				+ DATE_FORMAT.format(now) + "</DateEnd></Period><TableStation externalId='" + stationId + "'/></STBReq></ReqC>";
 		final String uri = "http://www.vbb-fahrinfo.de/hafas/extxml/extxml.exe/dn";
 
-		final CharSequence page = ParserUtils.scrape(uri, request);
+		final CharSequence page = ParserUtils.scrape(uri, request, null);
 
 		final Matcher mError = P_STATION_LOCATION_ERROR.matcher(page);
 		if (mError.find())