diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bff5440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+
+
+
+
+#################
+## Eclipse
+#################
+
+*.pydevproject
+.project
+.metadata
+bin/
+tmp/
+*.tmp
+*.bak
+*.swp
+*~.nib
+local.properties
+.classpath
+.settings/
+.loadpath
+
+# External tool builders
+.externalToolBuilders/
+
+# Locally stored "Eclipse launch configurations"
+*.launch
+
+# CDT-specific
+.cproject
+
+# PDT-specific
+.buildpath
diff --git a/RestService/Client.php b/RestService/Client.php
index feaa63a..4bb1da3 100644
--- a/RestService/Client.php
+++ b/RestService/Client.php
@@ -120,6 +120,23 @@ public function getController()
         return $this->controller;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param string $out
+     */
+    protected function output($out){
+    	if( !ini_get('zlib.output_compression') && 'ob_gzhandler' != ini_get('output_handler') && isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING']) ){
+    		header('Vary: Accept-Encoding'); // Handle proxies
+    		if( false !== stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING'], 'deflate') && function_exists('gzdeflate') ){
+    			header('Content-Encoding: deflate');
+    			$out = gzdeflate($out, 3);
+    		} elseif( false !== stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING'], 'gzip') && function_exists('gzencode') ){
+    			header('Content-Encoding: gzip');
+    			$out = gzencode($out, 3);
+    		}
+    	}
+    	echo $out;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Sends the actual response.
      *
@@ -145,7 +162,7 @@ public function sendResponse($pHttpCode = '200', $pMessage)
         $pMessage = array_reverse($pMessage, true);
 
         $method = $this->getOutputFormatMethod($this->getOutputFormat());
-        echo $this->$method($pMessage);
+        self::output($this->$method($pMessage));
         exit;
     }
 
@@ -237,6 +254,27 @@ public function asJSON($pMessage)
         return $result;
     }
 
+    function prepareUTF8($matches){
+    	return json_decode('"'.$matches[1].'"');
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Format data to JSON
+     *
+     * @param string $data The original data to process.
+     * @return string JSON string.
+     */
+    public function jsonEncode($data)
+    {
+    	if (defined('JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE')) {
+    		return json_encode($data, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);
+    	}else{
+    		return preg_replace_callback('/((\\\u[01-9a-fA-F]{4})+)/',
+    				array($this, 'prepareUTF8'), json_encode($data)
+			);
+    	}
+    }
+
     /**
      * Indents a flat JSON string to make it more human-readable.
      *
@@ -248,7 +286,7 @@ public function asJSON($pMessage)
      */
     public function jsonFormat($json)
     {
-        if (!is_string($json)) $json = json_encode($json);
+        if (!is_string($json)) $json = $this->jsonEncode($json);
 
         $result = '';
         $pos = 0;
diff --git a/Test/Controller/MyRoutes.php b/Test/Controller/MyRoutes.php
index ed3e3ec..664ed18 100644
--- a/Test/Controller/MyRoutes.php
+++ b/Test/Controller/MyRoutes.php
@@ -57,4 +57,13 @@ public function getTest()
         return 'test';
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param string $text
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function postEcho($text)
+    {
+        return $text;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/Test/Synthetic/UnicodeTest.php b/Test/Synthetic/UnicodeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01abd4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Test/Synthetic/UnicodeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Test\Synthetic;
+
+use RestService\Server;
+use Test\Controller\MyRoutes;
+
+class UnicodeTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var Server
+     */
+    private $restService;
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->restService = Server::create('/', new MyRoutes)
+            ->setClient('RestService\\InternalClient')
+            ->collectRoutes();
+    }
+	
+	private function assertEcho($test_string){
+		$response = $this->restService->simulateCall("/echo?text=$test_string", 'post');
+		$this->assertEquals("{
+    \"status\": 200,
+    \"data\": \"$test_string\"
+}", $response);
+	}
+	
+    public function testUnicode()
+    {
+        $this->assertEcho('ru: В чащах юга жил бы цитрус? Да, но фальшивый экземпляр!');
+    	$this->assertEcho('da: Quizdeltagerne spiste jordbær med fløde, mens cirkusklovnen Wolther spillede på xylofon');
+        $this->assertEcho('de: Falsches Üben von Xylophonmusik quält jeden größeren Zwerg');
+        $this->assertEcho('el: Γαζέες καὶ μυρτιὲς δὲν θὰ βρῶ πιὰ στὸ χρυσαφὶ ξέφωτο');
+        $this->assertEcho('es: El pingüino Wenceslao hizo kilómetros bajo exhaustiva lluvia y frío, añoraba a su querido cachorro.');
+        $this->assertEcho('fr: Le cœur déçu mais l\'âme plutôt naïve, Louÿs rêva de crapaüter en canoë au delà des îles, près du mälström où brûlent les novæ.');
+        $this->assertEcho('ga: D\'fhuascail Íosa, Úrmhac na hÓighe Beannaithe, pór Éava agus Ádhaimh');
+        $this->assertEcho('hu: Árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép');
+        $this->assertEcho('is: Kæmi ný öxi hér ykist þjófum nú bæði víl og ádrepa');
+        $this->assertEcho('jp1: いろはにほへとちりぬるを わかよたれそつねならむ うゐのおくやまけふこえて あさきゆめみしゑひもせす');
+        $this->assertEcho('jp2: イロハニホヘト チリヌルヲ ワカヨタレソ ツネナラム ウヰノオクヤマ ケフコエテ アサキユメミシ ヱヒモセスン');
+        $this->assertEcho('iw: דג סקרן שט בים מאוכזב ולפתע מצא לו חברה איך הקליטה');
+        $this->assertEcho('pl: Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig');
+        $this->assertEcho('th: ๏ เป็นมนุษย์สุดประเสริฐเลิศคุณค่า กว่าบรรดาฝูงสัตว์เดรัจฉาน จงฝ่าฟันพัฒนาวิชาการ อย่าล้างผลาญฤๅเข่นฆ่าบีฑาใคร ไม่ถือโทษโกรธแช่งซัดฮึดฮัดด่า หัดอภัยเหมือนกีฬาอัชฌาสัย ปฏิบัติประพฤติกฎกำหนดใจ พูดจาให้จ๊ะๆ จ๋าๆ น่าฟังเอย ฯ');
+        $this->assertEcho('tr: Pijamalı hasta, yağız şoföre çabucak güvendi');
+    }
+}
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