diff --git a/lib/lokilogger.py b/lib/lokilogger.py
index c94df765..9d9480ff 100644
--- a/lib/lokilogger.py
+++ b/lib/lokilogger.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import socket
 from helpers import removeNonAsciiDrop
 
-__version__ = '0.28.1'
+__version__ = '0.29.0'
 
 # Logger Class -----------------------------------------------------------------
 class LokiLogger():
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ def __init__(self, no_log_file, log_file, hostname, remote_host, remote_port, cs
         if "windows" in platform.lower():
             self.linesep = "\r\n"
 
+        reload(sys)
+        sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
+
         # Colorization ----------------------------------------------------
         init()