diff --git a/etc/alternc/apache2.conf b/etc/alternc/apache2.conf
index 159930a7..0b15bb82 100644
--- a/etc/alternc/apache2.conf
+++ b/etc/alternc/apache2.conf
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/alternc/cgi-bin/
   php_admin_flag safe_mode_gid off
   php_admin_flag safe_mode off
   php_admin_flag register_globals on
-  AddDefaultCharset ISO-8859-1
+  AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
 # modules such as mailman or awstats needs to write into other folders, we have to remove this :
 #  php_admin_value open_basedir /etc/alternc/:/var/run/alternc/:/var/alternc/bureau/:/var/alternc/html/:/var/alternc/tmp:/tmp:/usr/share/php/:/var/cache/alternc-webalizer/:/etc/locale.gen