diff --git a/pylons_app/templates/changelog/changelog.html b/pylons_app/templates/changelog/changelog.html
--- a/pylons_app/templates/changelog/changelog.html
+++ b/pylons_app/templates/changelog/changelog.html
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 <%inherit file="/base/base.html"/>
 
 <%def name="title()">
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@
 								<span><a href="mailto:${h.email_or_none(cs.author)}">${h.email_or_none(cs.author)}</a></span><br/>
 							</div>
 							<div class="message">
-								${h.link_to(h.wrap_paragraphs(cs.message),
+								${h.link_to(h.wrap_paragraphs(cs.message.decode('utf-8','replace')),
 								h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id))}
 							</div>
 						</div>	
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@
 										%endif						
 									%for p_cs in reversed(cs.parents):
 										<div class="parent">${_('Parent')} ${p_cs.revision}: ${h.link_to(p_cs.raw_id,
-											h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=p_cs.raw_id),title=p_cs.message)}
+											h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=p_cs.raw_id),title=p_cs.message.decode('utf-8','replace'))}
 										</div>
 									%endfor								
 						</div>