diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index 487b3e9..57c8eda 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<head>
 
 		<title>hastebin</title>
-
+    		<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
 		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="solarized_dark.css"/>
 		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="application.css"/>
 
