diff --git a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/LexicalEntryActivity.java b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/LexicalEntryActivity.java
index 8fa41dfd0..72ce457ed 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/LexicalEntryActivity.java
+++ b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/LexicalEntryActivity.java
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public class LexicalEntryActivity extends ListActivity {
 		}
 		
 		builder.append("</body>");
-		inflectionView.loadData(builder.toString(), "text/html", null);
+		inflectionView.loadData(builder.toString(), "text/html; charset=UTF-8", null);
 
 		expandedView = view;
 	}