diff --git a/lib/admin.pm b/lib/admin.pm
index 99e9451..c65b409 100644
--- a/lib/admin.pm
+++ b/lib/admin.pm
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use XML::Simple;
 
 use Catalyst::Log::Log4perl;
 
-use Catalyst qw/-Debug ConfigLoader Static::Simple
+use Catalyst qw/-Debug ConfigLoader Static::Simple Unicode
                 Authentication Authentication::Store::Minimal Authentication::Credential::Password
                 Session Session::Store::FastMmap Session::State::Cookie
                /;
diff --git a/lib/admin/View/Sipwise.pm b/lib/admin/View/Sipwise.pm
index cb3e225..dc7d001 100644
--- a/lib/admin/View/Sipwise.pm
+++ b/lib/admin/View/Sipwise.pm
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->config(
                                },
         },
     },
+    ENCODING     => 'utf-8',
 );
 
 =head1 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS