diff --git a/getpy.py b/getpy.py
index 4dacead..98dd4da 100644
--- a/getpy.py
+++ b/getpy.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def get_all(self):
 		if not file:
 			return
 
-		xml_content = open(file, "r").read()
+		xml_content = open(file, "r", encoding="utf-8").read()
 
 		xml_tree = bs(xml_content, features = "xml")