diff --git a/accurest-converters/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/wiremock/DslToWireMockConverter.groovy b/accurest-converters/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/wiremock/DslToWireMockConverter.groovy
index 9163724610..89b2b381ce 100644
--- a/accurest-converters/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/wiremock/DslToWireMockConverter.groovy
+++ b/accurest-converters/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/wiremock/DslToWireMockConverter.groovy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package io.codearte.accurest.wiremock
 
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import io.codearte.accurest.dsl.GroovyDsl
+import org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilerConfiguration
 
 @CompileStatic
 abstract class DslToWireMockConverter implements SingleFileConverter {
@@ -17,6 +18,6 @@ abstract class DslToWireMockConverter implements SingleFileConverter {
 	}
 
 	protected GroovyDsl createGroovyDSLfromStringContent(String groovyDslAsString) {
-		return (GroovyDsl) new GroovyShell(this.class.classLoader).evaluate("$groovyDslAsString")
+		return (GroovyDsl) new GroovyShell(this.class.classLoader, new Binding(), new CompilerConfiguration(sourceEncoding:'UTF-8')).evaluate("$groovyDslAsString")
 	}
 }