diff --git a/Emby.Dlna/Service/BaseControlHandler.cs b/Emby.Dlna/Service/BaseControlHandler.cs
index 198852ec17..8d2486fee6 100644
--- a/Emby.Dlna/Service/BaseControlHandler.cs
+++ b/Emby.Dlna/Service/BaseControlHandler.cs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace Emby.Dlna.Service
         {
             ControlRequestInfo requestInfo = null;
 
-            using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(request.InputXml))
+            using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(request.InputXml, Encoding.UTF8))
             {
                 var readerSettings = new XmlReaderSettings()
                 {
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/SystemController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/SystemController.cs
index d79bea9855..e67a27ae30 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/SystemController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/SystemController.cs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
             // For older files, assume fully static
             var fileShare = file.LastWriteTimeUtc < DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(-1) ? FileShare.Read : FileShare.ReadWrite;
             FileStream stream = new FileStream(file.FullName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, fileShare);
-            return File(stream, "text/plain");
+            return File(stream, "text/plain; charset=utf-8");
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs
index a1a7a30534..f05cdfe9bd 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs
@@ -598,7 +598,8 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server
                     .WriteTo.Async(x => x.File(
                         Path.Combine(appPaths.LogDirectoryPath, "log_.log"),
                         rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day,
-                        outputTemplate: "[{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff zzz}] [{Level:u3}] [{ThreadId}] {SourceContext}: {Message}{NewLine}{Exception}"))
+                        outputTemplate: "[{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff zzz}] [{Level:u3}] [{ThreadId}] {SourceContext}: {Message}{NewLine}{Exception}",
+                        encoding: Encoding.UTF8))
                     .Enrich.FromLogContext()
                     .Enrich.WithThreadId()
                     .CreateLogger();