diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/GitRepositoryViewer.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/GitRepositoryViewer.java
index 1c01ef2fc1..969e00888b 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/GitRepositoryViewer.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/GitRepositoryViewer.java
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ public class GitRepositoryViewer
 
     try
     {
+        response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
       writer = response.getWriter();
       template.execute(writer, env);
     }