diff --git a/.config/qutebrowser/config.py b/.config/qutebrowser/config.py
index b2f3d8f..fbc5660 100644
--- a/.config/qutebrowser/config.py
+++ b/.config/qutebrowser/config.py
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ config.set('content.cookies.accept', 'all', 'chrome-devtools://*')
 #   - never: Don't accept cookies at all.
 config.set('content.cookies.accept', 'all', 'devtools://*')
 
+# Default encoding to use for websites. The encoding must be a string
+# describing an encoding such as _utf-8_, _iso-8859-1_, etc.
+# Type: String
+c.content.default_encoding = 'utf-8'
+
 # Value to send in the `Accept-Language` header. Note that the value
 # read from JavaScript is always the global value.
 # Type: String