diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 002193b..5275e04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
 	<artifactId>camel-smev</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
-	<version>3.1.8-1.20230720</version>
+	<version>3.1.8-1.20230721</version>
 	<name>camel-smev3</name>
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/smev3/utils/ApacheFTPTransport.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/smev3/utils/ApacheFTPTransport.java
index aecd04d..ab505b2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/smev3/utils/ApacheFTPTransport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/smev3/utils/ApacheFTPTransport.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ private void connect(String login, String password) throws SMEVRuntimeException
     {
         try
         {
+            ftpClient.setControlEncoding("UTF-8");
             String[] parts = config.getAddress().split(":", 2);
             if(parts.length == 1)
                 ftpClient.connect(parts[0]);
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ else if(parts.length == 2)
 
             LOGGER.debug("connected to: \"{}\"", config.getAddress());
             ftpClient.enterLocalPassiveMode();
-            ftpClient.setControlEncoding("UTF-8");
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {