diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index ca749130..b269afbe 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 		var gitHash = '<?php echo trim(`git rev-parse HEAD`) ?>';
 	</script>
 	<meta name="google" value="notranslate" />
+	<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
 </head>
 <body>
 
@@ -28,4 +29,4 @@
 <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/socket.io/0.9.16/socket.io.min.js"></script>
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
