diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/backup/TasksJsonExporter.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/backup/TasksJsonExporter.kt
index eade0bdc8..6e4005d3f 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/backup/TasksJsonExporter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/backup/TasksJsonExporter.kt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class TasksJsonExporter @Inject constructor(
     }
 
     suspend fun doSettingsExport(os: OutputStream?) = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
-        val writer = os!!.bufferedWriter()
+        val writer = os!!.bufferedWriter(Charsets.UTF_8)
         with (JsonWriter(writer)) {
             write("{")
             write("version", BuildConfig.VERSION_CODE)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class TasksJsonExporter @Inject constructor(
 
     @Throws(IOException::class)
     private suspend fun doTasksExport(os: OutputStream?, taskIds: List<Long>) = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
-        val writer = os!!.bufferedWriter()
+        val writer = os!!.bufferedWriter(Charsets.UTF_8)
         with (JsonWriter(writer)) {
             write("{")
             write("version", BuildConfig.VERSION_CODE)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/logging/FileLogger.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/logging/FileLogger.kt
index 29069097f..d1dde31d0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/logging/FileLogger.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/logging/FileLogger.kt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class FileLogger @Inject constructor(
                     Timber.e(e, "Failed to save logcat")
                 }
                 zos.putNextEntry(ZipEntry("device.txt"))
-                zos.write(device.get().debugInfo.toByteArray())
+                zos.write(device.get().debugInfo.toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8))
                 zos.closeEntry()
                 zos.putNextEntry(ZipEntry("settings.json"))
                 tasksJsonExporter.get().doSettingsExport(zos)