diff --git a/cli-script.php b/cli-script.php
index 7969a880c..a65baaa90 100755
--- a/cli-script.php
+++ b/cli-script.php
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ if(isset($_SERVER['argv'][1])) {
  */
 require_once("core/Core.php");
 
-if(function_exists('mb_http_output')) {
-	mb_http_output('UTF-8');
-	mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
-	mb_regex_encoding('UTF-8');
-}
-
 global $databaseConfig;
 
 // We don't have a session in cli-script, but this prevents errors
diff --git a/core/Core.php b/core/Core.php
index bac9704af..c60295dd8 100644
--- a/core/Core.php
+++ b/core/Core.php
@@ -195,6 +195,15 @@ define('PR_LOW',10);
  */
 increase_memory_limit_to('64M');
 
+/**
+ * Set default encoding
+ */
+if(function_exists('mb_http_output')) {
+	mb_http_output('UTF-8');
+	mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
+	mb_regex_encoding('UTF-8');
+}
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // INCLUDES
 
diff --git a/main.php b/main.php
index b99426088..651e8416a 100644
--- a/main.php
+++ b/main.php
@@ -60,12 +60,6 @@ if(version_compare(phpversion(), 5, '<')) {
  */
 require_once("core/Core.php");
 
-if (function_exists('mb_http_output')) {
-	mb_http_output('UTF-8');
-	mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
-	mb_regex_encoding('UTF-8');
-}
-
 Session::start();
 
 // IIS will sometimes generate this.