diff --git a/site.yaml b/site.yaml
index ffbee33..9029c80 100644
--- a/site.yaml
+++ b/site.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ meta:
     nodemeta: meta.yaml
     created: !!timestamp 2010-01-01 00:00:00
     author: John-Mark Gurney
+    charset: utf-8
 sorter:
     time:
         attr: