diff --git a/lib/document_handler.js b/lib/document_handler.js
index e5a6b56..83eb141 100644
--- a/lib/document_handler.js
+++ b/lib/document_handler.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DocumentHandler.prototype.handleRawGet = function(key, response, skipExpire) {
   this.store.get(key, function(ret) {
     if (ret) {
       winston.verbose('retrieved raw document', { key: key });
-      response.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': 'text/plain' });
+      response.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8' });
       response.end(ret);
     }
     else {