diff --git a/tpl/commit b/tpl/commit
index d87d116..351b94f 100755
--- a/tpl/commit
+++ b/tpl/commit
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ cat <<EOF
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <title>$subject</title>
     $( [ -n "$html_external_css" ] \
       && printf '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="%s" />' \
diff --git a/tpl/index b/tpl/index
index dd065d7..eb3920b 100755
--- a/tpl/index
+++ b/tpl/index
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ cat <<EOH
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <link rel="alternate" title="RSS Feed"
       href="rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" />
     $( [ -n "$html_external_css" ] \
