diff --git a/print_fzf.py b/print_fzf.py
index 3c56fb2..3d6a31b 100644
--- a/print_fzf.py
+++ b/print_fzf.py
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ import os,sys
 #just a quick script to print the fzf.txt file content
 
 dn = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-fzf_file = open(dn + "/fzf.txt").read()
-fzf_file = fzf_file.replace("", "")
-fzf_file = fzf_file.replace('', '')
-
+fzf_file = open(dn + "/fzf.txt", encoding="utf-8").read()
+fzf_file = fzf_file.replace("", "")
+fzf_file = fzf_file.replace('', '')
 print(fzf_file)
 sys.exit()
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