diff --git a/chrome/skin/default/zotero/timeline/timeline.html b/chrome/skin/default/zotero/timeline/timeline.html
index a79d263701..30223fc4b5 100644
--- a/chrome/skin/default/zotero/timeline/timeline.html
+++ b/chrome/skin/default/zotero/timeline/timeline.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html SYSTEM "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 	<head>
+		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"/>
 		<style type='text/css'>
 			.timeline {
 				margin: 0 0 10px;