diff --git a/PHPCI/View/layout.phtml b/PHPCI/View/layout.phtml
index c21df90c..69b66598 100644
--- a/PHPCI/View/layout.phtml
+++ b/PHPCI/View/layout.phtml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     <script>
         var PHPCI_URL = '<?php print PHPCI_URL; ?>';
-        var PHPCI_STRINGS = <?php print json_encode(Lang::getStrings()); ?>;
+        var PHPCI_STRINGS = <?php print json_encode(Lang::getStrings(),JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE); ?>;
     </script>
 
     <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.js"></script>
@@ -312,4 +312,4 @@
 <script src="<?php print PHPCI_URL; ?>assets/js/AdminLTE/app.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>