diff --git a/src/main/java/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/examples/ShowPackageTool.java b/src/main/java/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/examples/ShowPackageTool.java
index d5e1c31..dc146ee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/examples/ShowPackageTool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/examples/ShowPackageTool.java
@@ -1506,7 +1506,8 @@ private static boolean writeJsonObjectToFile(JSONObject object, RandomAccessFile
             if (fileWriter.getFilePointer() > 1) {
                 fileWriter.writeBytes(",");
             }
-            fileWriter.writeBytes(object.toJSONString());
+            byte[] bytes = object.toJSONString().getBytes("UTF-8");
+            fileWriter.write(bytes);
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
             return false;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/templates/index.tpl.html b/src/main/resources/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/templates/index.tpl.html
index 5e55438..1678c79 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/templates/index.tpl.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/templates/index.tpl.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <title>Page Title</title>
     <style>
         body {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/templates/objects.tpl.html b/src/main/resources/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/templates/objects.tpl.html
index d8c281d..105d8ec 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/templates/objects.tpl.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/templates/objects.tpl.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <title>Page Title</title>
     <style>
         body {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/templates/rulebase.tpl.html b/src/main/resources/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/templates/rulebase.tpl.html
index 3d44c21..f0d02b5 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/templates/rulebase.tpl.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/checkpoint/mgmt_api/templates/rulebase.tpl.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <title>Page Title</title>
     <style>
         body {
