diff --git a/home/src/main/assembly/home.xml b/home/src/main/assembly/home.xml
index 407dd0aca..426c55393 100644
--- a/home/src/main/assembly/home.xml
+++ b/home/src/main/assembly/home.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <fileSets>
         <fileSet>
             <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
-            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+            <outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
             <includes>
                 <include>README*</include>
                 <include>LICENSE*</include>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
             <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
-            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+            <outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
         <!-- fileSet>
             <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
diff --git a/installer/home/src/main/assembly/home.xml b/installer/home/src/main/assembly/home.xml
index 97f6d9368..22d66472c 100644
--- a/installer/home/src/main/assembly/home.xml
+++ b/installer/home/src/main/assembly/home.xml
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
     <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
     <dependencySets>
         <dependencySet>
-            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+            <outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
             <unpack>true</unpack>
         </dependencySet>
     </dependencySets>
     <fileSets>
         <fileSet>
             <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
-            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+            <outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
             <filtered>true</filtered>
         </fileSet>
     </fileSets>
diff --git a/installer/pom.xml b/installer/pom.xml
index 212ed4c91..ca0a9add8 100644
--- a/installer/pom.xml
+++ b/installer/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     <properties>
         <vitro-version>${project.version}</vitro-version>
         <maven-site-plugin.skip>true</maven-site-plugin.skip>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba403cd05..46135fea2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
         <build.timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</build.timestamp>
         <maven-site-plugin.skip>false</maven-site-plugin.skip>
         <stagingBase>/</stagingBase>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>