diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/AbstractHTMLWidgetRenderer.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/AbstractHTMLWidgetRenderer.java
index 942e3ceb..e56a5ebf 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/AbstractHTMLWidgetRenderer.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/AbstractHTMLWidgetRenderer.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHTMLWidgetRenderer extends AbstractWidgetRenderer
    public static String linkTableCreateWithDefaultValues(RenderWidgetInput input, String tableName, Map<String, Serializable> defaultValues) throws QException
    {
       String tablePath = QContext.getQInstance().getTablePath(tableName);
-      return (tablePath + "/create#defaultValues=" + URLEncoder.encode(JsonUtils.toJson(defaultValues), Charset.defaultCharset()));
+      return (tablePath + "/create#defaultValues=" + URLEncoder.encode(JsonUtils.toJson(defaultValues), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
    }
 
 
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHTMLWidgetRenderer extends AbstractWidgetRenderer
       }
 
       filter = QQueryFilterDeduper.dedupeFilter(filter);
-      return (tablePath + "?filter=" + URLEncoder.encode(JsonUtils.toJson(filter), Charset.defaultCharset()));
+      return (tablePath + "?filter=" + URLEncoder.encode(JsonUtils.toJson(filter), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
    }
 
 
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/widgets/ChildRecordListRenderer.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/widgets/ChildRecordListRenderer.java
index a73fcb09..769cca7d 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/widgets/ChildRecordListRenderer.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/widgets/ChildRecordListRenderer.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.dashboard.widgets;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ public class ChildRecordListRenderer extends AbstractWidgetRenderer
          }
 
          String tablePath   = QContext.getQInstance().getTablePath(rightTable.getName());
-         String viewAllLink = tablePath == null ? null : (tablePath + "?filter=" + URLEncoder.encode(JsonUtils.toJson(filter), Charset.defaultCharset()));
+         String viewAllLink = tablePath == null ? null : (tablePath + "?filter=" + URLEncoder.encode(JsonUtils.toJson(filter), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 
          ChildRecordListData widgetData = new ChildRecordListData(widgetLabel, queryOutput, rightTable, tablePath, viewAllLink, totalRows);
 
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/widgets/RecordListWidgetRenderer.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/widgets/RecordListWidgetRenderer.java
index ffd6710e..c7a1da28 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/widgets/RecordListWidgetRenderer.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/widgets/RecordListWidgetRenderer.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.dashboard.widgets;
 
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.tables.CountAction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.tables.QueryAction;
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ public class RecordListWidgetRenderer extends AbstractWidgetRenderer
          }
 
          String tablePath   = QContext.getQInstance().getTablePath(tableName);
-         String viewAllLink = tablePath == null ? null : (tablePath + "?filter=" + URLEncoder.encode(JsonUtils.toJson(filter), Charset.defaultCharset()));
+         String viewAllLink = tablePath == null ? null : (tablePath + "?filter=" + URLEncoder.encode(JsonUtils.toJson(filter), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 
          ChildRecordListData widgetData = new ChildRecordListData(input.getQueryParams().get("widgetLabel"), queryOutput, table, tablePath, viewAllLink, totalRows);
 
diff --git a/qqq-backend-module-filesystem/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/filesystem/s3/utils/S3Utils.java b/qqq-backend-module-filesystem/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/filesystem/s3/utils/S3Utils.java
index 025e742a..9fcff089 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-module-filesystem/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/filesystem/s3/utils/S3Utils.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-module-filesystem/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/filesystem/s3/utils/S3Utils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.PathMatcher;
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ public class S3Utils
             ///////////////////////////////////////////
             // skip files that do not match the glob //
             ///////////////////////////////////////////
-            if(!pathMatcher.matches(Path.of(URI.create("file:///" + URLEncoder.encode(key)))))
+            if(!pathMatcher.matches(Path.of(URI.create("file:///" + URLEncoder.encode(key, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))))
             {
                // LOG.debug("Skipping file [{}] that does not match glob [{}]", key, glob);
                continue;
diff --git a/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandlerTest.java b/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandlerTest.java
index 6c5298ed..d46c3203 100644
--- a/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandlerTest.java
+++ b/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandlerTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.javalin;
 
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.async.AsyncJobState;
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ class QJavalinProcessHandlerTest extends QJavalinTestBase
             .withValues(List.of(3, 4, 5)));
       String filterJSON = JsonUtils.toJson(queryFilter);
 
-      HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get(BASE_URL + "/processes/greet/init?recordsParam=filterJSON&filterJSON=" + URLEncoder.encode(filterJSON, Charset.defaultCharset())).asString();
+      HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get(BASE_URL + "/processes/greet/init?recordsParam=filterJSON&filterJSON=" + URLEncoder.encode(filterJSON, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)).asString();
       assertEquals(200, response.getStatus());
       JSONObject jsonObject = JsonUtils.toJSONObject(response.getBody());
       assertNotNull(jsonObject);