diff --git a/masterserver/web/index.php b/masterserver/web/index.php
index a5cebf82e..658a5f1c3 100644
--- a/masterserver/web/index.php
+++ b/masterserver/web/index.php
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
  * @license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY 3.0
  */
 
-//error_reporting(E_NONE); //suppress errors
+error_reporting(E_NONE); //suppress errors
+header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8'); //utf-8
 
 require_once('frontend.php');