diff --git a/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/LangJsGenerator.php b/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/LangJsGenerator.php
index d756989..e04d604 100644
--- a/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/LangJsGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/LangJsGenerator.php
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public function generate($target, $options)
             $template = str_replace('\'{ langjs }\';', $langjs, $template);
         }
 
-        $template = str_replace('\'{ messages }\'', json_encode($messages), $template);
+        $template = str_replace('\'{ messages }\'', json_encode($messages, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE), $template);
 
         if ($options['compress']) {
             $template = Minifier::minify($template);