diff --git a/kiauh.py b/kiauh.py
index ff930a4..85e041c 100644
--- a/kiauh.py
+++ b/kiauh.py
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@
 #  This file may be distributed under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license  #
 # ======================================================================= #
 
+import io
+import sys
+
 from kiauh.main import main
 
+# ensure that all output is utf-8 encoded
+sys.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdout.buffer, encoding="utf-8")
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()