diff --git a/core/templates/layout.user.php b/core/templates/layout.user.php
index 4dc4a2c7593e42c4af4aabb2afcb0c8d6ccf1e46..734def5f20c72f31a0a817458e215e9dba5d455b 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.user.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.user.php
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
<head>
<title><?php p(!empty($_['application'])?$_['application'].' | ':'') ?>ownCloud
<?php p(trim($_['user_displayname']) != '' ?' ('.$_['user_displayname'].') ':'') ?></title>
- <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+ <meta charset="utf-8">
+ <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=543672169">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon.png')); ?>" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon-touch.png')); ?>" />