diff --git a/fixtures/cors.template b/fixtures/cors.template
index 7cfbec6e..bfb83b57 100644
--- a/fixtures/cors.template
+++ b/fixtures/cors.template
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials' 'true';
 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS';
 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,X-Mx-ReqToken,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,X-StApps-Version';
 add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' 1728000;
-add_header 'Content-Type' 'text/plain charset=UTF-8';
diff --git a/nginx.conf.template b/nginx.conf.template
index 6cadc1f4..7465d2a6 100644
--- a/nginx.conf.template
+++ b/nginx.conf.template
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ map $isRateLimited $rateLimit {
 limit_req_zone $rateLimit zone=customstappslimit:10m rate=20r/s;
 
 server {
+  charset utf-8;
   error_log stderr;
   access_log /dev/stdout {{{ logFormat }}};