diff --git a/internal/defaults/modules.example.yaml b/internal/defaults/modules.example.yaml
index 19f1a32..f8749de 100644
--- a/internal/defaults/modules.example.yaml
+++ b/internal/defaults/modules.example.yaml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ modules:
       exec: |
         curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/users.profile.set \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer {{env "SLACK_TOKEN"}}" \
-          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
           -d '{"profile":{"status_emoji":"{{.emoji}}","status_text":"{{.text}}","status_expiration":{{expiry .expiry}}}}'
 
     clear_status:
       exec: |
         curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/users.profile.set \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer {{env "SLACK_TOKEN"}}" \
-          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
           -d '{"profile":{"status_emoji":"","status_text":"","status_expiration":0}}'
 
     set_presence:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ modules:
       exec: |
         curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/users.setPresence \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer {{env "SLACK_TOKEN"}}" \
-          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
           -d '{"presence":"{{.presence}}"}'
 
     snooze:
@@ -38,18 +38,18 @@ modules:
       exec: |
         curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/dnd.setSnooze \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer {{env "SLACK_TOKEN"}}" \
-          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
           -d '{"num_minutes":{{.minutes}}}'
 
     go_offline:
       exec: |
         curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/users.setPresence \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer {{env "SLACK_TOKEN"}}" \
-          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
           -d '{"presence":"away"}' && \
         curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/users.profile.set \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer {{env "SLACK_TOKEN"}}" \
-          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
           -d '{"profile":{"status_emoji":":dumpsterfire:","status_text":"Offline","status_expiration":0}}'
 
     end_snooze:
diff --git a/modules.example.yaml b/modules.example.yaml
index 47b6fcb..14859d2 100644
--- a/modules.example.yaml
+++ b/modules.example.yaml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ modules:
       exec: |
         curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/users.profile.set \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer {{env "SLACK_TOKEN"}}" \
-          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
           -d '{"profile":{"status_emoji":"{{.emoji}}","status_text":"{{.text}}","status_expiration":{{expiry .expiry}}}}'
 
     clear_status:
       exec: |
         curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/users.profile.set \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer {{env "SLACK_TOKEN"}}" \
-          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
           -d '{"profile":{"status_emoji":"","status_text":"","status_expiration":0}}'
 
     set_presence:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ modules:
       exec: |
         curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/users.setPresence \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer {{env "SLACK_TOKEN"}}" \
-          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
           -d '{"presence":"{{.presence}}"}'
 
     snooze:
@@ -38,18 +38,18 @@ modules:
       exec: |
         curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/dnd.setSnooze \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer {{env "SLACK_TOKEN"}}" \
-          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
           -d '{"num_minutes":{{.minutes}}}'
 
     go_offline:
       exec: |
         curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/users.setPresence \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer {{env "SLACK_TOKEN"}}" \
-          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
           -d '{"presence":"away"}' && \
         curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/users.profile.set \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer {{env "SLACK_TOKEN"}}" \
-          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
           -d '{"profile":{"status_emoji":":dumpsterfire:","status_text":"Offline","status_expiration":0}}'
 
     end_snooze: