diff --git a/templates/layout.html.slim b/templates/layout.html.slim
index 9c8d825..65338dd 100644
--- a/templates/layout.html.slim
+++ b/templates/layout.html.slim
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ doctype 5
 html
   head
     title zero-knowledge
+    meta(
+      http-equiv='Content-Type'
+      content='text/html; charset=utf-8')
     link(
       href='/atom.xml'
       rel='alternate'