diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/View/Plain.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/View/Plain.pm
index d6f7ea92..2c023667 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/View/Plain.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/View/Plain.pm
@@ -4,4 +4,10 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use base 'Catalyst::View::Download::Plain';
 
+sub process {
+    my ($self, $c) = @_;
+    $c->res->content_encoding("utf-8");
+    $self->SUPER::process($c);
+}
+
 1;