diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/LocaleWebAppHandler.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/LocaleWebAppHandler.java
index 9e3c7f5490a7791ebf3bcf8ae7a3634efe6de457..d42287895e000eba20827cfdcdafa7b88a9884e7 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/LocaleWebAppHandler.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/LocaleWebAppHandler.java
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ public class LocaleWebAppHandler extends HandlerWrapper
         } else if (pathInContext.startsWith("/js/")) {
             // war internal
             httpResponse.setCharacterEncoding("ISO-8859-1");
+        } else if (pathInContext.endsWith(".css")) {
+            // war internal
+            httpResponse.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
         }
         //System.err.println("New path: " + newPath);
         super.handle(newPath, baseRequest, httpRequest, httpResponse);