diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index e4d1371..94a6f21 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ name: UK Government Linked Data Working Group
 relative_permalinks: true
 rootpath: "http://UKGovLD.github.io/ukgovldwg" # NO TRAILING SLASH
 # rootpath: "/~/ukgovldwg/_site" # for development
+encoding: UTF-8