diff --git a/console-proxy/src/com/cloud/consoleproxy/ConsoleProxyViewer.java b/console-proxy/src/com/cloud/consoleproxy/ConsoleProxyViewer.java
index 98453acf134..bf8747a8e5b 100644
--- a/console-proxy/src/com/cloud/consoleproxy/ConsoleProxyViewer.java
+++ b/console-proxy/src/com/cloud/consoleproxy/ConsoleProxyViewer.java
@@ -219,9 +219,8 @@ public class ConsoleProxyViewer implements java.lang.Runnable, RfbViewer, RfbPro
 				String msg = e.getMessage();
 				s_logger.warn("Authentication exception, msg: " + msg + "sid: " + this.passwordParam);
 			} catch (Exception e) {
-				status = STATUS_ERROR;
-				if(s_logger.isDebugEnabled())
-					s_logger.debug("Exception : ", e);
+				status = STATUS_ERROR;
+				s_logger.error("Unexpected exception ", e);
 			} finally {
 				// String oldName = Thread.currentThread().getName();
 				encodingsSaved = null;
@@ -372,7 +371,9 @@ public class ConsoleProxyViewer implements java.lang.Runnable, RfbViewer, RfbPro
 	void setEncodings(boolean autoSelectOnly) {
 		if (options == null || rfb == null || !rfb.inNormalProtocol)
 			return;
-
+
+		options.preferredEncoding = RfbProto.EncodingHextile;
+		
 		int preferredEncoding = options.preferredEncoding;
 		if (preferredEncoding == -1) {
 			long kbitsPerSecond = rfb.kbitsPerSecond();