diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/k3b/android/androFotoFinder/AffUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/de/k3b/android/androFotoFinder/AffUtils.java
index 6fd6d512..e68386cb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/k3b/android/androFotoFinder/AffUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/k3b/android/androFotoFinder/AffUtils.java
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 import de.k3b.android.androFotoFinder.queries.FotoSql;
+import de.k3b.io.Properties;
 import de.k3b.io.collections.SelectedFiles;
 import de.k3b.io.collections.SelectedItems;
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/k3b/android/androFotoFinder/imagedetail/ImageContextController.java b/app/src/main/java/de/k3b/android/androFotoFinder/imagedetail/ImageContextController.java
index 7ce0d7c8..d0d2ecdc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/k3b/android/androFotoFinder/imagedetail/ImageContextController.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/k3b/android/androFotoFinder/imagedetail/ImageContextController.java
@@ -27,19 +27,16 @@
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
-import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 import de.k3b.android.GuiUtil;
 import de.k3b.android.androFotoFinder.Global;
@@ -49,6 +46,7 @@
 import de.k3b.android.widget.Dialogs;
 import de.k3b.database.SqlTemplateEngine;
 import de.k3b.io.FileUtils;
+import de.k3b.io.Properties;
 
 /**
  * #70: Handles optional extra context specific detail text that can be displayed in
@@ -116,11 +114,11 @@ protected Properties loadFromFile() {
         File propFile = getPropertiesFile();
 
         if (propFile.exists()) {
-            Reader br = null;
+            InputStream br = null;
 
             try {
 
-                br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(propFile), "UTF-8"));
+                br = new FileInputStream(propFile);
                 properties.load(br);
 
             } catch (IOException ex) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/k3b/android/androFotoFinder/queries/AndroidAlbumUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/de/k3b/android/androFotoFinder/queries/AndroidAlbumUtils.java
index bd90c6e2..5a4e38f6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/k3b/android/androFotoFinder/queries/AndroidAlbumUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/k3b/android/androFotoFinder/queries/AndroidAlbumUtils.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 import de.k3b.android.androFotoFinder.Common;
 import de.k3b.android.androFotoFinder.GalleryFilterPathState;
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@
 import de.k3b.io.FileUtils;
 import de.k3b.io.GalleryFilterParameter;
 import de.k3b.io.IGalleryFilter;
+import de.k3b.io.Properties;
 import de.k3b.io.StringUtils;
 import de.k3b.tagDB.TagProcessor;
 
diff --git a/fotolib2/src/main/java/de/k3b/io/PhotoAutoprocessingDto.java b/fotolib2/src/main/java/de/k3b/io/PhotoAutoprocessingDto.java
index 955c1512..f373acfa 100644
--- a/fotolib2/src/main/java/de/k3b/io/PhotoAutoprocessingDto.java
+++ b/fotolib2/src/main/java/de/k3b/io/PhotoAutoprocessingDto.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 import de.k3b.LibGlobal;
 import de.k3b.media.IPhotoProperties;
diff --git a/fotolib2/src/main/java/de/k3b/io/Properties.java b/fotolib2/src/main/java/de/k3b/io/Properties.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22bd339e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fotolib2/src/main/java/de/k3b/io/Properties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package de.k3b.io;
+
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+public class Properties extends java.util.Properties {
+
+    private static final String FILE_ENCODING = "UTF-8";
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void load(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
+        InputStreamReader in = null;
+        try {
+            in = new InputStreamReader(inputStream, FILE_ENCODING);
+            load(in);
+        } finally {
+            FileUtils.close(in, inputStream);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void store(OutputStream stream, String comment) throws IOException {
+        Writer o = null;
+        try {
+            o = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(stream, FILE_ENCODING));
+            store(o, comment);
+        } finally {
+            FileUtils.close(o, stream);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/fotolib2/src/main/java/de/k3b/zip/ZipConfigRepository.java b/fotolib2/src/main/java/de/k3b/zip/ZipConfigRepository.java
index 33a32ba9..d43febf1 100644
--- a/fotolib2/src/main/java/de/k3b/zip/ZipConfigRepository.java
+++ b/fotolib2/src/main/java/de/k3b/zip/ZipConfigRepository.java
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 import de.k3b.LibGlobal;
 import de.k3b.io.DateUtil;
 import de.k3b.io.FileUtils;
+import de.k3b.io.Properties;
 import de.k3b.io.StringUtils;
 
 /** Parameters that define a backup that can be persisted through a properties-file */
diff --git a/fotolib2/src/test/java/de/k3b/io/FileCommandAutoIntegrationTests.java b/fotolib2/src/test/java/de/k3b/io/FileCommandAutoIntegrationTests.java
index 41817628..ea839c8e 100644
--- a/fotolib2/src/test/java/de/k3b/io/FileCommandAutoIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/fotolib2/src/test/java/de/k3b/io/FileCommandAutoIntegrationTests.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 import de.k3b.LibGlobal;
 import de.k3b.TestUtil;
@@ -37,11 +36,11 @@
 import de.k3b.media.ExifInterface;
 import de.k3b.media.ExifInterfaceEx;
 import de.k3b.media.IPhotoProperties;
+import de.k3b.media.MediaFormatter.FieldID;
 import de.k3b.media.PhotoPropertiesBulkUpdateService;
 import de.k3b.media.PhotoPropertiesDTO;
 import de.k3b.media.PhotoPropertiesDiffCopy;
 import de.k3b.media.PhotoPropertiesFormatter;
-import de.k3b.media.MediaFormatter.FieldID;
 import de.k3b.transactionlog.TransactionLoggerBase;
 
 /**
diff --git a/fotolib2/src/test/java/de/k3b/translations/TranslationStatistics.java b/fotolib2/src/test/java/de/k3b/translations/TranslationStatistics.java
index 1328a627..a37a69bc 100644
--- a/fotolib2/src/test/java/de/k3b/translations/TranslationStatistics.java
+++ b/fotolib2/src/test/java/de/k3b/translations/TranslationStatistics.java
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -48,6 +46,7 @@
 import de.k3b.io.DateUtil;
 import de.k3b.io.FileUtils;
 import de.k3b.io.ListUtils;
+import de.k3b.io.Properties;
 
 /**
  * Creates a translation statistics in Markdown-format for the app from
@@ -247,10 +246,10 @@ private static Document getXml(File file) {
 
     public TranslationStatistics() {
         Date fileLimitDate = null;
-        InputStreamReader inputStream = null;
+        InputStream inputStream = null;
 
         try {
-            inputStream = new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(iniFile), "UTF-8");
+            inputStream = new FileInputStream(iniFile);
             lastLocales.load(inputStream);
 
             fileLimitDate = getModifyDateProperty("ignore");