diff --git a/module/VuFindTheme/src/VuFindTheme/View/Helper/HeadThemeResources.php b/module/VuFindTheme/src/VuFindTheme/View/Helper/HeadThemeResources.php
index f20876903af24cd25ea4def1538063c0e7d5a4ec..50fa6a71c4b7897f6834688c4dbc2e87d6ed9555 100644
--- a/module/VuFindTheme/src/VuFindTheme/View/Helper/HeadThemeResources.php
+++ b/module/VuFindTheme/src/VuFindTheme/View/Helper/HeadThemeResources.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class HeadThemeResources extends \Zend\View\Helper\AbstractHelper
     {
         // Set up encoding:
         $headMeta = $this->getView()->plugin('headmeta');
-        $headMeta()->appendHttpEquiv(
+        $headMeta()->prependHttpEquiv(
             'Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=' . $this->container->getEncoding()
         );