diff --git a/src/translations/bitmessage_ru.pro b/src/translations/bitmessage_ru.pro
index fd70437d..c1ff13cc 100644
--- a/src/translations/bitmessage_ru.pro
+++ b/src/translations/bitmessage_ru.pro
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ SOURCES += ../bitmessageqt/settings.py
 SOURCES += ../bitmessageqt/specialaddressbehavior.py
 
 TRANSLATIONS	= bitmessage_ru.ts
+
+CODECFORTR		= UTF-8
+
diff --git a/src/translations/bitmessage_ru.ts b/src/translations/bitmessage_ru.ts
index 6f13d56f..b16c1da4 100644
--- a/src/translations/bitmessage_ru.ts
+++ b/src/translations/bitmessage_ru.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE TS>
-<TS version="2.0" language="ru_RU">
+<TS version="2.0" language="ru_RU" sourcelanguage="en">
 <context>
     <name>MainWindow</name>
     <message>