diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e77bfc2..68046cc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 import os.path
 from setuptools import setup
 
-with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "README.md")) as f:
+with open(
+    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "README.md"), encoding="utf-8"),
+as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 about = {}
-with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "waybackpy", "__version__.py")) as f:
+with open(
+    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "waybackpy", "__version__.py"),
+    encoding="utf-8")
+as f:
     exec(f.read(), about)
 
 version = str(about["__version__"])