diff --git a/environment.rb b/environment.rb
index 474eefa0..e9069cde 100644
--- a/environment.rb
+++ b/environment.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ENV['RACK_ENV'] ||= 'development'
 ENV['TZ'] = 'UTC'
 DIR_ROOT = File.expand_path File.dirname(__FILE__)
 Encoding.default_internal = 'UTF-8'
+Encoding.default_external = 'UTF-8'
 
 require 'yaml'
 require 'json'
@@ -43,4 +44,4 @@ DB.loggers << Logger.new(STDOUT) if ENV['RACK_ENV'] == 'development'
 
 if ENV['RACK_ENV'] == 'development' && Server.count == 0
   Server.create ip: '127.0.0.1', slots_available: 999999
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end