# Charset declaration is missing

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/charset-declaration-is-missing/52226>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [November 4, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/charset-declaration-is-missing/52226 "2025-11-04T23:10:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@pumpkin](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/pumpkin)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/charset-declaration-is-missing/52226/1 "2025-11-04T23:10:57Z")

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… or (rather) **occurs too late in the HTML** is what google’s Lighthouse / Page speed says:

 ![Screenshot 2025-11-05 at 00.06.42](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/5/1/51070b05e41cd7b92d792f895c4c3fd9cafdcd2e.png)

When inspecting the code it’s clear that it comes too late in the html, given all the scripts that are loaded before the charset declaration.

Never had that problem with any other web builder before, can’t remember to have seen that even with classic. Can that somehow be changed? It works when I manually move the charset declaration above the script tags.

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**Author:** ![Doobox](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/doobox/32/32373_2.png) [@Doobox](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Doobox)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/charset-declaration-is-missing/52226/2 "2025-11-05T08:04:27Z")

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You are able to re-arrange the template how you see fit here. Apologies if you’re already aware of this and meant the default template should change.

Settings \> Template:

 ![CleanShot 2025-11-05 at 8 .01.10@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/a/5/a5aa08a1d1714739c190f033dc656d07312939d3.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/charset-declaration-is-missing/52226/3 "2025-11-05T08:14:58Z")

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@ben Can you change that in the default templates? And perhaps communicate to the Devs that this is needed for all templates, if not done so?