diff --git a/headphones/webstart.py b/headphones/webstart.py
index 4b6c95f1..89f6a8d6 100644
--- a/headphones/webstart.py
+++ b/headphones/webstart.py
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ def initialize(options={}):
 
 	conf = {
 		'/': {
-            'tools.staticdir.root': os.path.join(headphones.PROG_DIR, 'data'),
-            'tools.encode.on': True,
-        	'tools.encode.encoding': 'utf-8'          
+            'tools.staticdir.root': os.path.join(headphones.PROG_DIR, 'data')        
         },
         '/interfaces':{
             'tools.staticdir.on': True,