diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 9f9aa5b30982b36d23c8a3ba0d4fbeae09c0789c..10845ff515024bc96352be89a4ebb1901dfcd95c 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ except KeyError:
 
 try:
     if(environ["show_build_date"] == "1"): #If you want to see the builddate you can enable this enviorement variable
-        BUILDDATE = open("builddate.txt", "r").read()
+        BUILDDATE = open("builddate.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8").read()
     else:
         BUILDDATE = ""
 except KeyError: