diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0047b0a..cb488339 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ The data has been taken with: `autocannon -c 100 -d 5 -p 10 localhost:3000`
 ```
 npm install point-of-view --save
 ```
+
 <a name="usage"></a>
 ## Usage
 ```js
@@ -91,6 +92,12 @@ and in ejs template files (for example templates/index.ejs) use something like:
 <% include templates/header.ejs %>
 ```
 
+<a name="note"></a>
+## Note
+
+By default views are served with the mime type 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
+but you can specify a different value using the type function of reply, or by specifying the desired charset in the property 'charset' in the opts object given to the plugin.
+
 
 ## Acknowledgements
 
diff --git a/example-ejs-with-some-options.js b/example-ejs-with-some-options.js
index 429d71c0..b55a8847 100644
--- a/example-ejs-with-some-options.js
+++ b/example-ejs-with-some-options.js
@@ -13,23 +13,25 @@ fastify.register(require('./index'), {
   templates: templatesFolder,
   options: {
     filename: resolve(templatesFolder)
-  }
+  },
+  charset: 'utf-8'  // sample usage, but specifying the same value already used as default
 })
 
 fastify.get('/', (req, reply) => {
-  reply.type('text/html; charset=utf-8').view('index', data)
+  // reply.type('text/html; charset=utf-8').view('index-linking-other-pages', data)  // sample for specifying with type
+  reply.view('index-linking-other-pages', data)
 })
 
 fastify.get('/include-test', (req, reply) => {
-  reply.type('text/html; charset=utf-8').view('index-with-includes', data)
+  reply.view('index-with-includes', data)
 })
 
 fastify.get('/include-one-include-missing-test', (req, reply) => {
-  reply.type('text/html; charset=utf-8').view('index-with-includes-one-missing', data)
+  reply.view('index-with-includes-one-missing', data)
 })
 
 fastify.get('/include-one-attribute-missing-test', (req, reply) => {
-  reply.type('text/html; charset=utf-8').view('index-with-includes-and-attribute-missing', data)
+  reply.view('index-with-includes-and-attribute-missing', data)
 })
 
 fastify.listen(3000, err => {
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2d7a9963..a48fc29a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ function fastifyView (fastify, opts, next) {
     return
   }
 
+  const charset = opts.charset || 'utf-8'
   const engine = opts.engine[type]
   const options = opts.options || {}
   const templatesDir = resolve(opts.templates || './')
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ function fastifyView (fastify, opts, next) {
       lru.set(page, compiledPage)
 
       if (!that.res.getHeader('content-type')) {
-        that.header('Content-Type', 'text/html')
+        that.header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=' + charset)
       }
       let cachedPage
       try {
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ function fastifyView (fastify, opts, next) {
 
     if (toHtml && prod) {
       if (!this.res.getHeader('content-type')) {
-        this.header('Content-Type', 'text/html')
+        this.header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=' + charset)
       }
       this.send(toHtml(data))
       return
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ function fastifyView (fastify, opts, next) {
     page = getPage(page, 'ejs')
     engine(join(templatesDir, page), confs, (err, html) => {
       if (err) return this.send(err)
-      this.header('Content-Type', 'text/html').send(html)
+      this.header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=' + charset).send(html)
     })
   }
 
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ function fastifyView (fastify, opts, next) {
     page = getPage(page, 'njk')
     env.render(join(templatesDir, page), data, (err, html) => {
       if (err) return this.send(err)
-      this.header('Content-Type', 'text/html').send(html)
+      this.header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=' + charset).send(html)
     })
   }
 
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ function fastifyView (fastify, opts, next) {
     function send (that) {
       return function _send (err, html) {
         if (err) return that.send(err)
-        that.header('Content-Type', 'text/html').send(html)
+        that.header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=' + charset).send(html)
       }
     }
   }
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ function fastifyView (fastify, opts, next) {
 
     if (toHtml && prod) {
       if (!this.res.getHeader('content-type')) {
-        this.header('Content-Type', 'text/html')
+        this.header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=' + charset)
       }
       this.send(toHtml(data))
       return
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1fdbc3c7..36076e82 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "example": "node example.js",
     "example-with-options": "node example-ejs-with-some-options.js",
     "test-with-snapshot": "standard && cross-env TAP_SNAPSHOT=1 tap test-with-snapshot.js",
-    "test": "standard && tap test.js test-with-snapshot.js"
+    "test-base": "standard && tap test.js",
+    "test": "npm run test-base && npm run test-with-snapshot"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test-with-snapshot.js-TAP.test.js b/tap-snapshots/test-with-snapshot.js-TAP.test.js
index 475e3536..ce63c5b8 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test-with-snapshot.js-TAP.test.js
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test-with-snapshot.js-TAP.test.js
@@ -10,26 +10,7 @@ exports[`test-with-snapshot.js TAP reply.view with ejs engine, template folder s
 <html lang="en">
   <head></head>
   <body>
-        <header>
-      Sample header (ejs)
-    </header>
-
     <p>text</p>
-        <footer>
-      Sample footer (html) - Back to <a href="/">Home</a>
-    </footer>
-
-  </body>
-</html>
-
-`
-
-exports[`test-with-snapshot.js TAP reply.view with ejs engine, templates with folder specified, include files and attributes; requires TAP snapshots enabled; home > output 1`] = `
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-  <head></head>
-  <body>
-    <p>Hello from EJS Templates</p>
     <br/>
     <div>
       <p>Other EJS pages with includes:</p>
@@ -48,6 +29,18 @@ exports[`test-with-snapshot.js TAP reply.view with ejs engine, templates with fo
 
 `
 
+exports[`test-with-snapshot.js TAP reply.view with ejs engine, templates with folder specified, include files and attributes; requires TAP snapshots enabled; home > output 1`] = `
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head></head>
+  <body>
+    <p>Hello from EJS Templates</p>
+    <br/>
+  </body>
+</html>
+
+`
+
 exports[`test-with-snapshot.js TAP reply.view with ejs engine, templates with folder specified, include files and attributes; requires TAP snapshots enabled; page with includes > output 1`] = `
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en">
diff --git a/templates/index-linking-other-pages.ejs b/templates/index-linking-other-pages.ejs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..466a8e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/index-linking-other-pages.ejs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head></head>
+  <body>
+    <p><%= text %></p>
+    <br/>
+    <div>
+      <p>Other EJS pages with includes:</p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Normal page, <a href="/include-test">here</a></li>
+        <li>One include not exist, <a href="/include-one-include-missing-test">here</a>
+          (to raise errors)
+        </li>
+        <li>One attribute not exist, <a href="/include-one-attribute-missing-test">here</a>
+          (to raise errors)
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+    <div>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/templates/index.ejs b/templates/index.ejs
index 466a8e55..30761bd9 100644
--- a/templates/index.ejs
+++ b/templates/index.ejs
@@ -4,17 +4,5 @@
   <body>
     <p><%= text %></p>
     <br/>
-    <div>
-      <p>Other EJS pages with includes:</p>
-      <ul>
-        <li>Normal page, <a href="/include-test">here</a></li>
-        <li>One include not exist, <a href="/include-one-include-missing-test">here</a>
-          (to raise errors)
-        </li>
-        <li>One attribute not exist, <a href="/include-one-attribute-missing-test">here</a>
-          (to raise errors)
-        </li>
-      </ul>
-    <div>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/test-with-snapshot.js b/test-with-snapshot.js
index b23a5eb9..7c91b7ea 100644
--- a/test-with-snapshot.js
+++ b/test-with-snapshot.js
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ test('reply.view with ejs engine, template folder specified, include files (ejs
   })
 
   fastify.get('/', (req, reply) => {
-    reply.type('text/html; charset=utf-8').view('index-with-includes', data)
+    reply.type('text/html; charset=utf-8').view('index-linking-other-pages', data)  // sample for specifying with type
+    // reply.view('index-linking-other-pages', data)
   })
 
   fastify.listen(0, err => {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ test('reply.view with ejs engine, template folder specified, include files (ejs
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
 
       let content = null
-      ejs.renderFile(templatesFolder + '/index-with-includes.ejs', data, options, function (err, str) {
+      ejs.renderFile(templatesFolder + '/index-linking-other-pages.ejs', data, options, function (err, str) {
         content = str
         t.error(err)
         t.strictEqual(content.length, body.length)
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 7b50f66d..32dedba2 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ test('reply.view with ejs engine and custom templates folder', t => {
       t.error(err)
       t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
-      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html')
+      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
       t.strictEqual(ejs.render(fs.readFileSync('./templates/index.ejs', 'utf8'), data), body)
       fastify.close()
     })
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ test('reply.view with ejs engine and full path templates folder', t => {
       t.error(err)
       t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
-      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html')
+      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
       t.strictEqual(ejs.render(fs.readFileSync('./templates/index.ejs', 'utf8'), data), body)
       fastify.close()
     })
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ test('reply.view with ejs engine', t => {
       t.error(err)
       t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
-      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html')
+      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
       t.strictEqual(ejs.render(fs.readFileSync('./templates/index.ejs', 'utf8'), data), body)
       fastify.close()
     })
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ test('reply.view with pug engine', t => {
       t.error(err)
       t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
-      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html')
+      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
       t.strictEqual(pug.render(fs.readFileSync('./templates/index.pug', 'utf8'), data), body)
       fastify.close()
     })
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ test('reply.view with handlebars engine', t => {
       t.error(err)
       t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
-      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html')
+      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
       t.strictEqual(handlebars.compile(fs.readFileSync('./templates/index.html', 'utf8'))(data), body)
       fastify.close()
     })
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ test('reply.view with marko engine', t => {
       t.error(err)
       t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
-      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html')
+      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
       t.strictEqual(marko.load('./templates/index.marko').renderToString(data), body)
       fastify.close()
     })
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ test('reply.view with ejs-mate engine', t => {
       t.error(err)
       t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
-      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html')
+      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
       t.strictEqual('<html><head></head><body><h1>header</h1><div>text</div><div>footer</div></body></html>', body)
       fastify.close()
     })
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ test('reply.view with nunjucks engine and custom templates folder', t => {
       t.error(err)
       t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
-      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html')
+      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
       // Global Nunjucks templates dir changed here.
       t.strictEqual(nunjucks.render('./index.njk', data), body)
       fastify.close()
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ test('reply.view with nunjucks engine and full path templates folder', t => {
       t.error(err)
       t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
-      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html')
+      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
       // Global Nunjucks templates dir changed here.
       t.strictEqual(nunjucks.render('./index.njk', data), body)
       fastify.close()
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ test('reply.view with nunjucks engine and includeViewExtension is true', t => {
       t.error(err)
       t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
-      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html')
+      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
       // Global Nunjucks templates dir is  `./` here.
       t.strictEqual(nunjucks.render('./templates/index.njk', data), body)
       fastify.close()
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ test('reply.view with ejs engine and includeViewExtension property as true', t =
       t.error(err)
       t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
-      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html')
+      t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
       t.strictEqual(ejs.render(fs.readFileSync('./templates/index.ejs', 'utf8'), data), body)
       fastify.close()
     })
@@ -552,7 +552,8 @@ test('reply.view with ejs engine, template folder specified, include files (ejs
   })
 
   fastify.get('/', (req, reply) => {
-    reply.type('text/html; charset=utf-8').view('index-with-includes', data)
+    reply.type('text/html; charset=utf-8').view('index-linking-other-pages', data)  // sample for specifying with type
+    // reply.view('index-with-includes', data)
   })
 
   fastify.listen(0, err => {
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@ test('reply.view with ejs engine, template folder specified, include files (ejs
       t.strictEqual(response.headers['content-length'], '' + body.length)
 
       let content = null
-      ejs.renderFile(templatesFolder + '/index-with-includes.ejs', data, options, function (err, str) {
+      ejs.renderFile(templatesFolder + '/index-linking-other-pages.ejs', data, options, function (err, str) {
         content = str
         t.error(err)
         t.strictEqual(content.length, body.length)