diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnel.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnel.java
index 437e679e4..98063ba3f 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnel.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnel.java
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ public class I2PTunnel implements Logging, EventDispatcher {
         _tunnelId = ++__tunnelId;
         _log = _context.logManager().getLog(I2PTunnel.class);
         _event = new EventDispatcherImpl();
-        _clientOptions = new Properties();
-        _clientOptions.putAll(System.getProperties());
+        Properties p = new Properties();
+        p.putAll(System.getProperties());
+        _clientOptions = p;
         _sessions = new ArrayList(1);
         
         addConnectionEventListener(lsnr);
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index a21a23aa5..9bd78e358 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 <project basedir="." default="all" name="i2p">
    
     <target name="all" >