diff --git a/roles/sdcron/templates/var/local/sendstatusmail.sh.j2 b/roles/sdcron/templates/var/local/sendstatusmail.sh.j2
index b1a68238..d0ba864e 100644
--- a/roles/sdcron/templates/var/local/sendstatusmail.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/sdcron/templates/var/local/sendstatusmail.sh.j2
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ smtp_rcpt="nounous@crans.org"
 To: ${smtp_rcpt}
 Subject: ${status} of the service ${service_name}.
 Date: $(date -R)
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 
 Détails ci-dessous :
 $(systemctl status ${service_name}.service)