diff --git a/src/Metrics/HrZones.cpp b/src/Metrics/HrZones.cpp
index f4589e9ac..65c987805 100644
--- a/src/Metrics/HrZones.cpp
+++ b/src/Metrics/HrZones.cpp
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ void HrZones::write(QDir home)
     if (file.open(QFile::WriteOnly))
     {
         QTextStream stream(&file);
+        stream.setCodec("UTF-8");
         stream << strzones;
         file.close();
     } else {
diff --git a/src/Metrics/PaceZones.cpp b/src/Metrics/PaceZones.cpp
index 056aca7d9..af27c1d35 100644
--- a/src/Metrics/PaceZones.cpp
+++ b/src/Metrics/PaceZones.cpp
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ void PaceZones::write(QDir home)
     QFile file(home.canonicalPath() + "/" + fileName_);
     if (file.open(QFile::WriteOnly)) {
         QTextStream stream(&file);
+        stream.setCodec("UTF-8");
         stream << strzones;
         file.close();
     } else {
diff --git a/src/Metrics/Zones.cpp b/src/Metrics/Zones.cpp
index 7caa9a527..993e2b216 100644
--- a/src/Metrics/Zones.cpp
+++ b/src/Metrics/Zones.cpp
@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ void Zones::write(QDir home)
     if (file.open(QFile::WriteOnly)) {
 
         QTextStream stream(&file);
+        stream.setCodec("UTF-8");
         stream << strzones;
         file.close();
     } else {