diff --git a/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/internal/core/BundlesServlet.java b/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/internal/core/BundlesServlet.java
index 0778e33..8496d6b 100644
--- a/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/internal/core/BundlesServlet.java
+++ b/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/internal/core/BundlesServlet.java
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@
         {
             // redirect or 200
             resp.setStatus( HttpServletResponse.SC_OK );
+            resp.setContentType( "application/json" );
+            resp.setCharacterEncoding( "UTF-8" );
             JSONWriter jw = new JSONWriter( resp.getWriter() );
             try
             {