diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/plkexport/MatchAggregator.java b/plugin/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/plkexport/MatchAggregator.java
index 032bd6b..f2898a9 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/plkexport/MatchAggregator.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/plkexport/MatchAggregator.java
@@ -461,12 +461,12 @@
 
             catch (Exception e) {
                 // File problematic
-                return Response.status(Status.NOT_FOUND);            
+                return Response.status(Status.NOT_FOUND);
             };
         }
         else {
             // File doesn't exist
-            return Response.status(Status.NOT_FOUND);            
+            return Response.status(Status.NOT_FOUND);
         };
         
         return rb
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/plkexport/RtfExporter.java b/plugin/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/plkexport/RtfExporter.java
index 60b18ba..d827627 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/plkexport/RtfExporter.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/plkexport/RtfExporter.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     @Override
     public void writeHeader (Writer w) throws IOException {
 
-        String footnote = Util.convertFromUTF8(prop.getProperty("rtf.footnote"));
+        String footnote = prop.getProperty("rtf.footnote");
         
         w.append("{")
             .append("\\rtf1\\ansi\\deff0\n")
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/resources/exportPlugin.conf b/plugin/src/main/resources/exportPlugin.conf
index ba388ea..96d0ddb 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/resources/exportPlugin.conf
+++ b/plugin/src/main/resources/exportPlugin.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Needs to be converted using
+# $ native2ascii -encoding UTF-8 \
+#   exportPlugin.conf exportPlugin.conf
+
 # Server Configuration
 server.port=7777
 server.host=localhost
@@ -31,4 +35,4 @@
 # RTF configuration #
 #####################
 
-rtf.footnote = @ Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim
\ No newline at end of file
+rtf.footnote = @ Leibniz-Institut f\u00fcr Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/resources/locales/export_de.properties b/plugin/src/main/resources/locales/export_de.properties
index 845042f..e70ed27 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/resources/locales/export_de.properties
+++ b/plugin/src/main/resources/locales/export_de.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Needs to be converted using
 # $ native2ascii -encoding UTF-8 \
-#   export_utf8.properties export_de.properties
+#   export_de.properties export_de.properties
 
 file_format = Dateiformat
 hitc = Einschr\u00e4nken auf die ersten Treffer: