diff --git a/src/main/java/de/metas/edi/esb/route/exports/ReaderTypeConverter.java b/src/main/java/de/metas/edi/esb/route/exports/ReaderTypeConverter.java
index eca36cbf35..37276f3c5a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/metas/edi/esb/route/exports/ReaderTypeConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/metas/edi/esb/route/exports/ReaderTypeConverter.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import org.apache.camel.Converter;
 import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public Reader toReader(final byte[] buf, final Exchange exchange) throws Unsuppo
 	@Converter
 	public Reader toReader(final InputStream is, final Exchange exchange) throws UnsupportedEncodingException
 	{
-		String charSetName = "UTF-8";
+		String charSetName = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name();
 		if (exchange != null)
 		{
 			String exchangeCharsetName = exchange.getProperty(Exchange.CHARSET_NAME, String.class);
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/metas/edi/esb/route/imports/StepComXMLOrdersRoute.java b/src/main/java/de/metas/edi/esb/route/imports/StepComXMLOrdersRoute.java
index 589c6da37f..fc9a3d3622 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/metas/edi/esb/route/imports/StepComXMLOrdersRoute.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/metas/edi/esb/route/imports/StepComXMLOrdersRoute.java
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ public final void configure()
 				.log(LoggingLevel.INFO, "EDI: Storing CamelFileName header as property for future use...")
 				.setProperty(Exchange.FILE_NAME, header(Exchange.FILE_NAME))
 
+				.convertBodyTo(String.class, stepComCharsetName)
+
 				.setProperty(Exchange.CHARSET_NAME).constant(StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name())
 				.unmarshal(stepComDataFormat);