diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e77bfc2..2fd9b11 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 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__"])