--- a/src/luan/modules/http/impl/Http.luan	Wed Feb 07 17:36:38 2018 -0700
+++ b/src/luan/modules/http/impl/Http.luan	Wed Feb 07 23:16:12 2018 -0700
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 		this.reset()
 		this.status = status
 		if msg ~= nil then
-			this.headers["content-type"] = "text/plain"
+			this.headers["content-type"] = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
 			local writer = this.text_writer()
 			writer.write(msg)
 		end