diff --git a/lib/src/amharic/NumeralAmh.gf b/lib/src/amharic/NumeralAmh.gf
index a686f454b..01e50b275 100644
--- a/lib/src/amharic/NumeralAmh.gf
+++ b/lib/src/amharic/NumeralAmh.gf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 concrete NumeralAmh of Numeral = CatAmh ** open ResAmh,ParamX in {
-flags coding = UTF8;
+flags coding = utf8;
 lincat