--- sys/src/cmd/abaco/main.c
+++ sys/src/cmd/abaco/main.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 int	plumbwebfd;
 int	plumbsendfd ;
 char	*webmountpt = "/mnt/web";
-char	*charset = "iso-8859-1";
+char	*charset = "utf-8";
 int	mainstacksize = STACK;

 void	readpage(Column *, char *);