1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9e08ccc..a32aa31 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ try:
    import pypandoc
    README = pypandoc.convert('README.md', 'rst')
 except (IOError, ImportError):
-   README = open(os.path.join(ROOT, 'README.md')).read()
+   README = open(os.path.join(ROOT, 'README.md'), encoding="utf-8").read()
 
 
 setup(name='POT',