diff --git a/presentation/lookAndFeel/knowledgeTree/documentmanagement/getTypeMetadataFields.php b/presentation/lookAndFeel/knowledgeTree/documentmanagement/getTypeMetadataFields.php
index 6e30674..b378f69 100644
--- a/presentation/lookAndFeel/knowledgeTree/documentmanagement/getTypeMetadataFields.php
+++ b/presentation/lookAndFeel/knowledgeTree/documentmanagement/getTypeMetadataFields.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class KTSimplePage {
 class GetTypeMetadataFieldsDispatcher extends KTDispatcher {
     function do_main() {
         $this->oPage = new KTSimplePage;
+		header('Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8');        
         return $this->getTypeMetadataFieldsets ($_REQUEST['fDocumentTypeID']);
     }
 
diff --git a/search/ajaxBooleanSearch.php b/search/ajaxBooleanSearch.php
index 883bd72..2da32aa 100755
--- a/search/ajaxBooleanSearch.php
+++ b/search/ajaxBooleanSearch.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . "/browse/Criteria.inc");
 class AjaxBooleanSearchDispatcher extends KTDispatcher {
 
     function handle_output($data) {
+		header('Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8');
         return $data;
     }