diff --git a/minimal/hm.nix b/minimal/hm.nix
index 27f0927..28c8c2a 100644
--- a/minimal/hm.nix
+++ b/minimal/hm.nix
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@
       '';
 
       extraConfig = {
+        sendemail = {
+          composeEncoding = "utf-8";
+        };
         rerere = {
           enabled = true;
           autoUpdate = true;