diff --git a/extra/logging/server/server.factor b/extra/logging/server/server.factor
index d181ab8a16..896a46858b 100755
--- a/extra/logging/server/server.factor
+++ b/extra/logging/server/server.factor
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 USING: namespaces kernel io calendar sequences io.files
 io.sockets continuations prettyprint assocs math.parser
 words debugger math combinators concurrency.messaging
-threads arrays init math.ranges strings calendar.format
+threads arrays init math.ranges strings calendar.format
 io.encodings.ascii ;
 IN: logging.server
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SYMBOL: log-files
 : open-log-stream ( service -- stream )
     log-path
     dup make-directories
-    1 log# ascii <file-appender> ;
+    1 log# utf8 <file-appender> ;
 
 : log-stream ( service -- stream )
     log-files get [ open-log-stream ] cache ;