diff --git a/oml/item/handlers.py b/oml/item/handlers.py
index 16e7331..41a4e63 100644
--- a/oml/item/handlers.py
+++ b/oml/item/handlers.py
@@ -83,11 +83,17 @@ class FileHandler(OMLHandler):
             if not item or not path:
                 self.set_status(404)
                 return
-            mimetype={
+            mimetype = {
                 'epub': 'application/epub+zip',
                 'pdf': 'application/pdf',
                 'txt': 'text/plain',
             }.get(path.split('.')[-1], None)
+            if mimetype == 'text/plain':
+                try:
+                    open(path, 'rb').read().decode('utf-8')
+                    mimetype = 'text/plain; charset=utf-8'
+                except:
+                    mimetype = 'text/plain; charset=latin-1'
             if self._attachment:
                 disposition = os.path.basename(path)
             else:
diff --git a/oml/update.py b/oml/update.py
index 3bf6d7e..143ca5b 100644
--- a/oml/update.py
+++ b/oml/update.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def download():
                 base_url = settings.server.get('release_url').rsplit('/', 1)[0]
                 url = '/'.join([base_url, release['modules'][module]['name']])
                 if not os.path.exists(module_tar):
-                    print('download', os.path.basename(module_tar))
+                    print('downloading', os.path.basename(module_tar))
                     get(url, module_tar)
                     if ox.sha1sum(module_tar) != release['modules'][module]['sha1']:
                         os.unlink(module_tar)