diff --git a/templates/cmake/application/CMakeLists.txt b/templates/cmake/application/CMakeLists.txt
index de81a0d..e029586 100644
--- a/templates/cmake/application/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/templates/cmake/application/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
 	source/main.c
 )
 
-target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -Wall)
+target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -fexec-charset=CP437 -Wall)
 
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
   include
diff --git a/templates/makefile/application/Makefile b/templates/makefile/application/Makefile
index ad42dc9..3a2a2fe 100644
--- a/templates/makefile/application/Makefile
+++ b/templates/makefile/application/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ INCLUDES	:=
 # options for code generation
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-CFLAGS	= -g -O2 -Wall $(MACHDEP) $(INCLUDE)
+CFLAGS	= -g -O2 -fexec-charset=CP437 -Wall $(MACHDEP) $(INCLUDE)
 CXXFLAGS	=	$(CFLAGS)
 
 LDFLAGS	=	-g $(MACHDEP) -Wl,-Map,$(notdir $@).map