diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 07eece2..e96e450 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
   <artifactId>AidePersonnesApp</artifactId>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+  <properties>
+      <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+      <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <!-- Dépendance pour JUnit 5 -->
     <dependency>
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
       <version>8.0.28</version>
     </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/controller/LoginPage.java b/src/main/java/controller/LoginPage.java
index b7010e3..93bfcd2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/controller/LoginPage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/controller/LoginPage.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import database.DatabaseConnection;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ public class LoginPage extends JFrame {
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("encodage par défaut: " + Charset.defaultCharset().displayName());
+
         LoginPage loginPage = new LoginPage();
         loginPage.setVisible(true);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/controller/SoumettreDemande.java b/src/main/java/controller/SoumettreDemande.java
index 97275c2..01e2cc3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/controller/SoumettreDemande.java
+++ b/src/main/java/controller/SoumettreDemande.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public class SoumettreDemande extends JFrame {
             if (resultSet.next()) {
                 String currentStatus = resultSet.getString("statut");
 
-                if ("finalisée".equals(currentStatus)) {
+                if ("finaliseé".equals(currentStatus)) {
                     String avis = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(this, "Veuillez entrer votre avis (500 caractères max):", "Modification de l'avis", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
 
                     if (!avis.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/controller/Validateur.java b/src/main/java/controller/Validateur.java
index 61fdc9d..d241af3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/controller/Validateur.java
+++ b/src/main/java/controller/Validateur.java
@@ -155,4 +155,5 @@ public class Validateur extends JFrame {
             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Le motif de rejet ne peut pas être vide.");
         }
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/database/DatabaseConnection.java b/src/main/java/database/DatabaseConnection.java
index 7f938a4..c2475d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/database/DatabaseConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/database/DatabaseConnection.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import java.sql.SQLException;
 public class DatabaseConnection {
 
     static final String URL = System.getenv("DB_URL") != null ?
-            System.getenv("DB_URL") : "jdbc:mysql://srv-bdens.insa-toulouse.fr:3306/projet_gei_023";
+            System.getenv("DB_URL") : "jdbc:mysql://srv-bdens.insa-toulouse.fr:3306/projet_gei_023?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8";
     private static final String USER = System.getenv("DB_USER") != null ?
             System.getenv("DB_USER") : "projet_gei_023";
     private static final String PASSWORD = System.getenv("DB_PASSWORD") != null ?