You mean we have to add 'request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8"); in the method doFilter in the LogFilter.java for this to make it work? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4134806#4134806 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4134806