diff --git a/jams-react-client/src/api.js b/jams-react-client/src/api.js
index eb57688fcf408e63312090602c8b9053b868b0b9..1dfb7b79b80bca9eb8756557ceb5dfdfa13d3571 100644
--- a/jams-react-client/src/api.js
+++ b/jams-react-client/src/api.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export default function configApiCall(
     config["headers"]["Authorization"] = "Bearer " + jwt;
   }
 
-  config["headers"]["Content-type"] = "application/json";
+  config["headers"]["Content-type"] = "application/json;charset=UTF-8";
 
   // pass data in the header
   if (data) {