diff --git a/common/content/dactyl-overlay.js b/common/content/dactyl-overlay.js
index 4b661344..76724ff1 100644
--- a/common/content/dactyl-overlay.js
+++ b/common/content/dactyl-overlay.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     modules.load = function load(script) {
         for (let [i, base] in Iterator(prefix)) {
             try {
-                loader.loadSubScript(base + script + ".js", modules);
+                loader.loadSubScript(base + script + ".js", modules, "UTF-8");
                 return;
             }
             catch (e) {
diff --git a/common/content/dactyl.js b/common/content/dactyl.js
index bb0b12e2..35e40281 100644
--- a/common/content/dactyl.js
+++ b/common/content/dactyl.js
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ const Dactyl = Module("dactyl", {
      *     should be loaded.
      */
     loadScript: function (uri, context) {
-        services.get("subscriptLoader").loadSubScript(uri, context);
+        services.get("subscriptLoader").loadSubScript(uri, context, File.defaultEncoding);
     },
 
     userEval: function (str, context) {