diff --git a/product/MailTemplates/tests/test_MailTemplate.py b/product/MailTemplates/tests/test_MailTemplate.py
index 03865a2d93e73a72ab6c3e1a4c062fb609018019..0762998bfe3eceba99468430c93861583d47158b 100644
--- a/product/MailTemplates/tests/test_MailTemplate.py
+++ b/product/MailTemplates/tests/test_MailTemplate.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Simplistix Ltd
 #
 # This Software is released under the MIT License:
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ class TestMailTemplate(TestCase):
             mfrom='from@example.com',
             mto=('to@example.com',),
             subject='Test Subject',
-            unicode=u'#�'.encode('utf-8'),
+            unicode=u'拢拢拢'.encode('utf-8'),
             encoding='utf-8'
             )
 
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ class TestMailTemplate(TestCase):
             mfrom='from@example.com',
             mto=('to@example.com',),
             subject='Test Subject',
-            unicode=u'#�'.encode('utf-8'),
+            unicode=u'拢拢拢'.encode('utf-8'),
             encoding='utf-8'
             )
 
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ class TestMailTemplate(TestCase):
             mfrom='from@example.com',
             mto=('to@example.com',),
             subject='Test Subject',
-            unicode=u'#�',
+            unicode=u'拢拢拢',
             encoding='utf-8'
             )
 
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ class TestMailTemplate(TestCase):
             mfrom='from@example.com',
             mto=('to@example.com',),
             subject='Test Subject',
-            unicode=u'#�',
+            unicode=u'拢拢拢',
             encoding='utf-8'
             )