diff --git a/layouts/default.sxml b/layouts/default.sxml
index 8657373..c9d89c4 100644
--- a/layouts/default.sxml
+++ b/layouts/default.sxml
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 
 ()
 `((xhtml-1.0-strict)
-  (html
+  (html (@ (xmlns "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml")
+           (xml:lang "en") (lang "en"))
    (head
+    (meta (@ (http-equiv "Content-Type")
+             (content "text/html; charset=ascii")))
     (title ,($ 'title)))
    (body
     (h1 ,($ 'title))