3 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/perllib/FixMyStreet/App.pm b/perllib/FixMyStreet/App.pm
index f5d2f7d62..3e3c9c8a8 100644
--- a/perllib/FixMyStreet/App.pm
+++ b/perllib/FixMyStreet/App.pm
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ sub send_email {
     $email->header_set( ucfirst($_), $vars->{$_} )
       for grep { $vars->{$_} } qw( to from subject);
 
+    # always send utf8 emails
+    $email->header_set( 'Content-Type' => 'text/plain; charset="utf-8"' );
+
     # send the email
     $c->model('EmailSend')->send($email);
 
diff --git a/perllib/FixMyStreet/App/View/Email.pm b/perllib/FixMyStreet/App/View/Email.pm
index 646615d36..fa46623eb 100644
--- a/perllib/FixMyStreet/App/View/Email.pm
+++ b/perllib/FixMyStreet/App/View/Email.pm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->config(
     INCLUDE_PATH       => [          #
         FixMyStreet->path_to( 'templates', 'email', 'default' ),
     ],
+    ENCODING       => 'utf8',
     render_die     => 1,
     expose_methods => ['loc'],
 );
diff --git a/perllib/FixMyStreet/App/View/Web.pm b/perllib/FixMyStreet/App/View/Web.pm
index 1c6d73ca7..9c16e0d84 100644
--- a/perllib/FixMyStreet/App/View/Web.pm
+++ b/perllib/FixMyStreet/App/View/Web.pm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->config(
     INCLUDE_PATH       => [          #
         FixMyStreet->path_to( 'templates', 'web', 'default' ),
     ],
+    ENCODING       => 'utf8',
     render_die     => 1,
     expose_methods => ['loc'],
 );