diff --git a/client/pyscripts/fm11rf08s_recovery.py b/client/pyscripts/fm11rf08s_recovery.py
index 9f6e79a06..4ebbcf4aa 100755
--- a/client/pyscripts/fm11rf08s_recovery.py
+++ b/client/pyscripts/fm11rf08s_recovery.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
 
 if os.path.isfile(DICT_DEF_PATH):
     print(f"Loading {DICT_DEF}")
-    with open(DICT_DEF_PATH, 'r') as file:
+    with open(DICT_DEF_PATH, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
         for line in file:
             if line[0] != '#' and len(line) >= 12:
                 DEFAULT_KEYS.add(line[:12])