diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index f43fe64..2739e5c 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html lang="{{ .Site.Language.Lang }}" dir="{{ $.Param "languagedir" | default "ltr" }}">
 
 <head prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#">
-    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
     <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
     <title>{{ block "title" . }}{{ .Title }} – {{ .Site.Title }}{{ end }}</title>
