diff --git a/tools-ng/common/xsl/build-template.xsl b/tools-ng/common/xsl/build-template.xsl
index a13618cf4..af99ad702 100755
--- a/tools-ng/common/xsl/build-template.xsl
+++ b/tools-ng/common/xsl/build-template.xsl
@@ -2258,7 +2258,9 @@
       deprecation="${{compile.deprecation}}"
       verbose="${{compile.verbose}}"
       nowarn="${{compile.nowarn}}"
+      source="${{compile.source}}"
       target="${{compile.target}}"
+      encoding="${{compile.encoding}}"
       destdir="{$destdir}"
       classpathref="{$classpathref}">
       <src refid="{$srcpathref}"/>
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/conf/build.properties b/tools-ng/ecdc/conf/build.properties
index 285a7cd17..b135fb280 100644
--- a/tools-ng/ecdc/conf/build.properties
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/conf/build.properties
@@ -45,10 +45,13 @@ compile.nowarn=on
 
 # Optionally specifiy version of target JVM.
 # By default the version of the build system is determined and used as target.
-#compile.target=1.6
+compile.source=1.6
+compile.target=1.6
+compile.encoding=UTF-8
 
 # These properties are specific to Jikes
 build.compiler.emacs=off
 build.compiler.pedantic=off
 build.compiler.fulldepend=off
 
+
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-common.xml b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-common.xml
index dc0e8a1b6..cb8393890 100644
--- a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-common.xml
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-common.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
     <!-- Specifies the test application server runtime managed by build-runtime.xml
          Provides app.server.*.dir props used by build-runtime and build-project -->
-    <property file="${ccm.project.dir}/local.runtime.properties" />
+    <property file="${ccm.project.dir}/local.runtime.properties.bak" />
     <property file="${ccm.ecdc.conf.dir}/runtime.properties" />
 
     <!-- Specifies the compiler & build options and the junit test environment