diff --git a/plugin/src/main/kotlin/xyz/jpenilla/runtask/task/AbstractRun.kt b/plugin/src/main/kotlin/xyz/jpenilla/runtask/task/AbstractRun.kt
index 4d3a6b6..e02c51d 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/kotlin/xyz/jpenilla/runtask/task/AbstractRun.kt
+++ b/plugin/src/main/kotlin/xyz/jpenilla/runtask/task/AbstractRun.kt
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRun : JavaExec() {
     build.convention(DownloadsAPIService.Build.Latest)
     systemProperty("net.kyori.adventure.text.warnWhenLegacyFormattingDetected", true)
     systemProperty("xyz.jpenilla.run-task", true)
+    systemProperty("file.encoding", "UTF-8") // Prevent garbled terminal output on non-UTF-8 system locales
     init()
   }