diff --git a/modules/Emails/class.phpmailer.php b/modules/Emails/class.phpmailer.php
index 12a95875702e04a663daf65433161c74204e2f1f..bdc699e1f09ebf8e63403133c36587aa5ab36c16 100755
--- a/modules/Emails/class.phpmailer.php
+++ b/modules/Emails/class.phpmailer.php
@@ -656,6 +656,8 @@ class PHPMailer
      */
     public function __construct($exceptions = null)
     {
+        global $default_charset;
+        $this->CharSet = $default_charset;
         if ($exceptions !== null) {
             $this->exceptions = (boolean)$exceptions;
         }