Index: src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/config/RepositoryConfig.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/config/RepositoryConfig.java	(revision 669451)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/config/RepositoryConfig.java	(working copy)
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
             throws ConfigurationException {
         try {
             File file = new File(directory, WORKSPACE_XML);
-            InputSource xml = new InputSource(new FileReader(file));
+            InputSource xml = new InputSource(new FileInputStream(file));
             xml.setSystemId(file.toURI().toString());
 
             Properties variables = new Properties();