diff --git a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/platform/templates/SaveProjectAsTemplateAction.java b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/platform/templates/SaveProjectAsTemplateAction.java
index 1b4bbd21eee0..cc27cd2d46a0 100644
--- a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/platform/templates/SaveProjectAsTemplateAction.java
+++ b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/platform/templates/SaveProjectAsTemplateAction.java
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class SaveProjectAsTemplateAction extends AnAction {
                   String s = VfsUtilCore.loadText(virtualFile);
                   String result = convertTemplates(s, pattern, templateText);
 
-                  return new ByteArrayInputStream(result.getBytes(virtualFile.getCharset()));
+                  return new ByteArrayInputStream(result.getBytes(TemplateModuleBuilder.UTF_8));
                 }
               });
             }
diff --git a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/platform/templates/TemplateModuleBuilder.java b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/platform/templates/TemplateModuleBuilder.java
index 52acb6471a16..cef8ec8bc74c 100644
--- a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/platform/templates/TemplateModuleBuilder.java
+++ b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/platform/templates/TemplateModuleBuilder.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class TemplateModuleBuilder extends ModuleBuilder {
       return s.contains(".idea") ? null : s;
     }
   };
+  public static final String UTF_8 = "UTF-8";
 
   private final ModuleType myType;
   private ArchivedProjectTemplate myTemplate;
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ public class TemplateModuleBuilder extends ModuleBuilder {
   private static byte[] processTemplates(String s) throws IOException {
     Properties properties = FileTemplateManager.getInstance().getDefaultProperties();
     String merged = FileTemplateUtil.mergeTemplate(properties, s, true);
-    return merged.replace("\\$", "$").replace("\\#", "#").getBytes();
+    return merged.replace("\\$", "$").replace("\\#", "#").getBytes(UTF_8);
   }
 
   @Nullable