diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 3b95e6dba..da1477309 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ indent_style = space
 indent_size = 4
 
 # 2 space indentation
-[*.{yaml,.yml}]
+[*.{yaml,yml}]
 indent_size = 2
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7e59d92a..bc889c147 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
+# v1.6.21
+## 02/11/2020
+
+1. [](#new)
+    * Added `ConsoleCommand::setLanguage()` method to set language to be used from CLI
+    * Added `ConsoleCommand::initializeGrav()` method to properly set up Grav instance to be used from CLI
+    * Added `ConsoleCommand::initializePlugins()`method to properly set up all plugins to be used from CLI
+    * Added `ConsoleCommand::initializeThemes()`method to properly set up current theme to be used from CLI
+    * Added `ConsoleCommand::initializePages()` method to properly set up pages to be used from CLI
+1. [](#improved)
+    * Vendor updates
+1. [](#bugfix)
+    * Fixed `bin/plugin` CLI calling `$themes->init()` way too early (removed it, use above methods instead)
+    * Fixed call to `$grav['page']` crashing CLI
+    * Fixed encoding problems when PHP INI setting `default_charset` is not `utf-8` [#2154](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/2154)
+
 # v1.6.20
-## 03/02/2020
+## 02/03/2020
 
 1. [](#bugfix)
     * Fixed incorrect routing caused by `str_replace()` in `Uri::init()` [#2754](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/2754)
diff --git a/bin/gpm b/bin/gpm
index 7ad1e4ac5..592bb833e 100755
--- a/bin/gpm
+++ b/bin/gpm
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ if (!ini_get('date.timezone')) {
     date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 }
 
+// Set internal encoding.
+if (!\extension_loaded('mbstring')) {
+    die("'mbstring' extension is not loaded.  This is required for Grav to run correctly");
+}
+@ini_set('default_charset', 'UTF-8');
+mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
+
 if (!file_exists(GRAV_ROOT . '/index.php')) {
     exit('FATAL: Must be run from ROOT directory of Grav!');
 }
@@ -55,7 +62,7 @@ $grav->setup($environment);
 
 $grav['config']->init();
 $grav['uri']->init();
-$grav['users'];
+$grav['accounts'];
 
 $app = new Application('Grav Package Manager', GRAV_VERSION);
 $app->addCommands(array(
diff --git a/bin/grav b/bin/grav
index 7120218c0..b1e4c90e5 100755
--- a/bin/grav
+++ b/bin/grav
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ if (version_compare($ver = PHP_VERSION, $req = GRAV_PHP_MIN, '<')) {
     exit(sprintf("You are running PHP %s, but Grav needs at least PHP %s to run.\n", $ver, $req));
 }
 
+if (!ini_get('date.timezone')) {
+    date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
+}
+
+// Set internal encoding.
+if (!\extension_loaded('mbstring')) {
+    die("'mbstring' extension is not loaded.  This is required for Grav to run correctly");
+}
+@ini_set('default_charset', 'UTF-8');
+mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
+
 $climate = new League\CLImate\CLImate;
 $climate->arguments->add([
     'environment' => [
@@ -42,10 +53,6 @@ $environment = $climate->arguments->get('environment');
 $grav = Grav::instance(array('loader' => $autoload));
 $grav->setup($environment);
 
-if (!ini_get('date.timezone')) {
-    date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
-}
-
 if (!file_exists(GRAV_ROOT . '/index.php')) {
     exit('FATAL: Must be run from ROOT directory of Grav!');
 }
diff --git a/bin/plugin b/bin/plugin
index 3c431e379..737eb9105 100755
--- a/bin/plugin
+++ b/bin/plugin
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ if (!ini_get('date.timezone')) {
     date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 }
 
+// Set internal encoding.
+if (!\extension_loaded('mbstring')) {
+    die("'mbstring' extension is not loaded.  This is required for Grav to run correctly");
+}
+@ini_set('default_charset', 'UTF-8');
+mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
+
 if (!file_exists(GRAV_ROOT . '/index.php')) {
     exit('FATAL: Must be run from ROOT directory of Grav!');
 }
@@ -51,12 +58,7 @@ $environment = $climate->arguments->get('environment');
 
 $grav = Grav::instance(array('loader' => $autoload));
 $grav->setup($environment);
-
-$grav['config']->init();
-$grav['uri']->init();
-$grav['users'];
-$grav['plugins']->init();
-$grav['themes']->init();
+$grav->initializeCli();
 
 $app     = new Application('Grav Plugins Commands', GRAV_VERSION);
 $pattern = '([A-Z]\w+Command\.php)';
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index a500e73f1..1d740434c 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -2518,16 +2518,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "twig/twig",
-            "version": "v1.42.4",
+            "version": "v1.42.5",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/twigphp/Twig.git",
-                "reference": "e587180584c3d2d6cb864a0454e777bb6dcb6152"
+                "reference": "87b2ea9d8f6fd014d0621ca089bb1b3769ea3f8e"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/twigphp/Twig/zipball/e587180584c3d2d6cb864a0454e777bb6dcb6152",
-                "reference": "e587180584c3d2d6cb864a0454e777bb6dcb6152",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/twigphp/Twig/zipball/87b2ea9d8f6fd014d0621ca089bb1b3769ea3f8e",
+                "reference": "87b2ea9d8f6fd014d0621ca089bb1b3769ea3f8e",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -2536,8 +2536,7 @@
             },
             "require-dev": {
                 "psr/container": "^1.0",
-                "symfony/debug": "^3.4|^4.2",
-                "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^4.4@dev|^5.0"
+                "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^4.4|^5.0"
             },
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
@@ -2566,7 +2565,6 @@
                 },
                 {
                     "name": "Twig Team",
-                    "homepage": "https://twig.symfony.com/contributors",
                     "role": "Contributors"
                 },
                 {
@@ -2580,7 +2578,7 @@
             "keywords": [
                 "templating"
             ],
-            "time": "2019-11-11T16:49:32+00:00"
+            "time": "2020-02-11T05:59:23+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "willdurand/negotiation",
@@ -3562,16 +3560,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "nette/php-generator",
-            "version": "v3.3.3",
+            "version": "v3.3.4",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/nette/php-generator.git",
-                "reference": "a4ff22c91681fefaa774cf952a2b69c2ec9477c1"
+                "reference": "8fe7e699dca7db186f56d75800cb1ec32e39c856"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/nette/php-generator/zipball/a4ff22c91681fefaa774cf952a2b69c2ec9477c1",
-                "reference": "a4ff22c91681fefaa774cf952a2b69c2ec9477c1",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/nette/php-generator/zipball/8fe7e699dca7db186f56d75800cb1ec32e39c856",
+                "reference": "8fe7e699dca7db186f56d75800cb1ec32e39c856",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -3618,7 +3616,7 @@
                 "php",
                 "scaffolding"
             ],
-            "time": "2020-01-20T11:40:42+00:00"
+            "time": "2020-02-09T14:39:09+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "nette/robot-loader",
@@ -3741,16 +3739,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "nette/utils",
-            "version": "v3.1.0",
+            "version": "v3.1.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/nette/utils.git",
-                "reference": "d6cd63d77dd9a85c3a2fae707e1255e44c2bc182"
+                "reference": "2c17d16d8887579ae1c0898ff94a3668997fd3eb"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/nette/utils/zipball/d6cd63d77dd9a85c3a2fae707e1255e44c2bc182",
-                "reference": "d6cd63d77dd9a85c3a2fae707e1255e44c2bc182",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/nette/utils/zipball/2c17d16d8887579ae1c0898ff94a3668997fd3eb",
+                "reference": "2c17d16d8887579ae1c0898ff94a3668997fd3eb",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -3784,8 +3782,8 @@
             "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
             "license": [
                 "BSD-3-Clause",
-                "GPL-2.0",
-                "GPL-3.0"
+                "GPL-2.0-only",
+                "GPL-3.0-only"
             ],
             "authors": [
                 {
@@ -3815,7 +3813,7 @@
                 "utility",
                 "validation"
             ],
-            "time": "2020-01-03T18:13:31+00:00"
+            "time": "2020-02-09T14:10:55+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "nikic/php-parser",
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 64154df89..7be4df1c6 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli-server' && !isset($_SERVER['PHP_CLI_ROUTER'])) {
     die("PHP webserver requires a router to run Grav, please use: <pre>php -S {$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']}:{$_SERVER['SERVER_PORT']} system/router.php</pre>");
 }
 
+// Set timezone to default, falls back to system if php.ini not set
+date_default_timezone_set(@date_default_timezone_get());
+
+// Set internal encoding.
+if (!\extension_loaded('mbstring')) {
+    die("'mbstring' extension is not loaded.  This is required for Grav to run correctly");
+}
+@ini_set('default_charset', 'UTF-8');
+mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
+
 // Ensure vendor libraries exist
 $autoload = __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 if (!is_file($autoload)) {
@@ -32,15 +42,6 @@ $loader = require $autoload;
 use Grav\Common\Grav;
 use RocketTheme\Toolbox\Event\Event;
 
-// Set timezone to default, falls back to system if php.ini not set
-date_default_timezone_set(@date_default_timezone_get());
-
-// Set internal encoding if mbstring loaded
-if (!\extension_loaded('mbstring')) {
-    die("'mbstring' extension is not loaded.  This is required for Grav to run correctly");
-}
-mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
-
 // Get the Grav instance
 $grav = Grav::instance(
     array(
diff --git a/system/defines.php b/system/defines.php
index c472c958b..1dfa66890 100644
--- a/system/defines.php
+++ b/system/defines.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Some standard defines
 define('GRAV', true);
-define('GRAV_VERSION', '1.6.20');
+define('GRAV_VERSION', '1.6.21');
 define('GRAV_TESTING', false);
 define('DS', '/');
 
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Grav.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Grav.php
index 2ad278e6c..2f9b37329 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Grav.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Grav.php
@@ -170,6 +170,29 @@ class Grav extends Container
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Initialize CLI environment.
+     *
+     * Call after `$grav->setup($environment)`
+     *
+     * - Load configuration
+     * - Disable debugger
+     * - Set timezone, locale
+     * - Load plugins
+     * - Set Users type to be used in the site
+     *
+     * This method WILL NOT initialize assets, twig or pages.
+     *
+     * @param string|null $environment
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function initializeCli()
+    {
+        InitializeProcessor::initializeCli($this);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Process a request
      */
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
index 75bf45340..d7531df97 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
@@ -608,12 +608,12 @@ class Page implements PageInterface
                 return $content;
             }
 
-            return mb_strimwidth($content, 0, $size, '...', 'utf-8');
+            return mb_strimwidth($content, 0, $size, '...', 'UTF-8');
         }
 
         $summary = Utils::truncateHtml($content, $size);
 
-        return html_entity_decode($summary);
+        return html_entity_decode($summary, ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401, 'UTF-8');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Processors/InitializeProcessor.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Processors/InitializeProcessor.php
index fe2869ce7..eca7c5442 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Processors/InitializeProcessor.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Processors/InitializeProcessor.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 namespace Grav\Common\Processors;
 
 use Grav\Common\Config\Config;
+use Grav\Common\Grav;
 use Grav\Common\Uri;
 use Grav\Common\Utils;
 use Grav\Framework\Session\Exceptions\SessionException;
@@ -22,6 +23,22 @@ class InitializeProcessor extends ProcessorBase
     public $id = 'init';
     public $title = 'Initialize';
 
+    /** @var bool */
+    private static $cli_initialized = false;
+
+    /**
+     * @param Grav $grav
+     */
+    public static function initializeCli(Grav $grav)
+    {
+        if (!static::$cli_initialized) {
+            static::$cli_initialized = true;
+
+            $instance = new static($grav);
+            $instance->processCli();
+        }
+    }
+
     public function process(ServerRequestInterface $request, RequestHandlerInterface $handler) : ResponseInterface
     {
         $this->startTimer();
@@ -77,4 +94,35 @@ class InitializeProcessor extends ProcessorBase
 
         return $handler->handle($request);
     }
+
+    public function processCli(): void
+    {
+        // Load configuration.
+        $this->container['config']->init();
+        $this->container['plugins']->setup();
+
+        // Disable debugger.
+        $this->container['debugger']->enabled(false);
+
+        // Set timezone, locale.
+        /** @var Config $config */
+        $config = $this->container['config'];
+        $timezone = $config->get('system.timezone');
+        if ($timezone) {
+            date_default_timezone_set($timezone);
+        }
+        $this->container->setLocale();
+
+        // Load plugins.
+        $this->container['plugins']->init();
+
+        // Initialize URI.
+        /** @var Uri $uri */
+        $uri = $this->container['uri'];
+        $uri->init();
+
+        // Load accounts.
+        // TODO: remove in 2.0.
+        $this->container['accounts'];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Service/PagesServiceProvider.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Service/PagesServiceProvider.php
index 0a37e831d..f425b6d9c 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Service/PagesServiceProvider.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Service/PagesServiceProvider.php
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ class PagesServiceProvider implements ServiceProviderInterface
             return new Pages($c);
         };
 
+        if (\defined('GRAV_CLI')) {
+            $container['page'] = static function ($c) {
+                $path = $c['locator']->findResource('system://pages/notfound.md');
+                $page = new Page();
+                $page->init(new \SplFileInfo($path));
+                $page->routable(false);
+
+                return $page;
+            };
+
+            return;
+        }
+
         $container['page'] = function ($c) {
             /** @var Grav $c */
 
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
index f84923ebd..58b1d6d68 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ class TwigExtension extends \Twig_Extension implements \Twig_Extension_GlobalsIn
      */
     public function jsonDecodeFilter($str, $assoc = false, $depth = 512, $options = 0)
     {
-        return json_decode(html_entity_decode($str), $assoc, $depth, $options);
+        return json_decode(html_entity_decode($str, ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401, 'UTF-8'), $assoc, $depth, $options);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
index f875ab3de..10e85a5cc 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ class Uri
     public function param($id)
     {
         if (isset($this->params[$id])) {
-            return html_entity_decode(rawurldecode($this->params[$id]));
+            return html_entity_decode(rawurldecode($this->params[$id]), ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401, 'UTF-8');
         }
 
         return false;
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Console/ConsoleCommand.php b/system/src/Grav/Console/ConsoleCommand.php
index 2c63eaf54..c0fd9ad42 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Console/ConsoleCommand.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Console/ConsoleCommand.php
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 namespace Grav\Console;
 
 use Grav\Common\Grav;
+use Grav\Common\Language\Language;
+use Grav\Common\Page\Page;
+use Grav\Common\Processors\InitializeProcessor;
+use RocketTheme\Toolbox\Event\Event;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
@@ -18,6 +22,13 @@ class ConsoleCommand extends Command
 {
     use ConsoleTrait;
 
+    /** @var bool */
+    private $plugins_initialized = false;
+    /** @var bool */
+    private $themes_initialized = false;
+    /** @var bool */
+    private $pages_initialized = false;
+
     /**
      * @param InputInterface  $input
      * @param OutputInterface $output
@@ -31,12 +42,140 @@ class ConsoleCommand extends Command
     }
 
     /**
-     *
+     * Override with your implementation.
      */
     protected function serve()
     {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Initialize Grav.
+     *
+     * - Load configuration
+     * - Disable debugger
+     * - Set timezone, locale
+     * - Load plugins
+     * - Set Users type to be used in the site
+     *
+     * Safe to be called multiple times.
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    final protected function initializeGrav()
+    {
+        InitializeProcessor::initializeCli(Grav::instance());
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set language to be used in CLI.
+     *
+     * @param string|null $code
+     */
+    final protected function setLanguage(string $code = null)
+    {
+        $this->initializeGrav();
+
+        $grav = Grav::instance();
+        /** @var Language $language */
+        $language = $grav['language'];
+        if ($language->enabled()) {
+            if ($code && $language->validate($code)) {
+                $language->setActive($code);
+            } else {
+                $language->setActive($language->getDefault());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Properly initialize plugins.
+     *
+     * - call $this->initializeGrav()
+     * - call onPluginsInitialized event
+     *
+     * Safe to be called multiple times.
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    final protected function initializePlugins()
+    {
+        if (!$this->plugins_initialized) {
+            $this->plugins_initialized = true;
+
+            $this->initializeGrav();
+
+            // Initialize plugins.
+            $grav = Grav::instance();
+            $grav->fireEvent('onPluginsInitialized');
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Properly initialize themes.
+     *
+     * - call $this->initializePlugins()
+     * - initialize theme (call onThemeInitialized event)
+     *
+     * Safe to be called multiple times.
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    final protected function initializeThemes()
+    {
+        if (!$this->themes_initialized) {
+            $this->themes_initialized = true;
+
+            $this->initializePlugins();
+
+            // Initialize themes.
+            $grav = Grav::instance();
+            $grav['themes']->init();
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Properly initialize pages.
+     *
+     * - call $this->initializeThemes()
+     * - initialize assets (call onAssetsInitialized event)
+     * - initialize twig (calls the twig events)
+     * - initialize pages (calls onPagesInitialized event)
+     *
+     * Safe to be called multiple times.
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    final protected function initializePages()
+    {
+        if (!$this->pages_initialized) {
+            $this->pages_initialized = true;
+
+            $this->initializeThemes();
+
+            $grav = Grav::instance();
+
+            // Initialize assets.
+            $grav['assets']->init();
+            $grav->fireEvent('onAssetsInitialized');
+
+            // Initialize twig.
+            $grav['twig']->init();
+
+            // Initialize pages.
+            $pages = $grav['pages'];
+            $pages->init();
+            $grav->fireEvent('onPagesInitialized', new Event(['pages' => $pages]));
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     protected function displayGPMRelease()
     {
         $this->output->writeln('');