diff --git a/dockerfiles/services/nginx-php/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/services/nginx-php/Dockerfile
index 4d0bedc530477af197755395678ecd9c46e74c65..6e135cf8069a482790f939e554daa4820bc8d1ba 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/services/nginx-php/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/services/nginx-php/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     sed -i 's/error_log.*/error_log \/dev\/stdout info;/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf && \
     sed -i 's/^pid/daemon off;\npid/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf && \
     sed -i "s/.*sendmail_path.*/sendmail_path = \/usr\/sbin\/ssmtp -t/g" /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini && \
+    sed -i 's/;default_charset.*/default_charset = "UTF-8"/g' /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini && \
     sed -i 's/;cgi.fix_pathinfo=1/cgi.fix_pathinfo=0/g' /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
 
 ADD basic.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/basic.conf
diff --git a/dockerfiles/services/owncloud/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/services/owncloud/Dockerfile
index cad3da9745aa2567596b59af61e29ad00c5331cc..6b1a5ec26211c62f4e94037785d3fc86fb1e9d1e 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/services/owncloud/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/services/owncloud/Dockerfile
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ RUN echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/community
     curl -L http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:ownCloud:community/Debian_7.0/Release.key | apt-key add - && \
     apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
       owncloud \
-      php5-imap \
-      sendmail && \
+      php5-imap && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
       libreoffice && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \