diff --git a/ajax/getlinkedtags.php b/ajax/getlinkedtags.php
index c4110a2..4a3543f 100644
--- a/ajax/getlinkedtags.php
+++ b/ajax/getlinkedtags.php
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  ***************************************************************************/
 
+header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8'); 
+
 /* Return a json file with list of linked tags */
 
 require_once('../header.inc.php');
diff --git a/ajax/gettags.php b/ajax/gettags.php
index 7b8b33a..b924ac3 100644
--- a/ajax/gettags.php
+++ b/ajax/gettags.php
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 ***************************************************************************/
 
+header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8'); 
+
 /* Return a json file with list of tags according to current user and sort by popularity*/
 
 require_once('../header.inc.php');