diff --git a/main.rb b/main.rb
index 53b3e11..906c4f5 100644
--- a/main.rb
+++ b/main.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 require_relative "redmine-to-gitea"
 require_relative 'textile-to-markdown'
 
+Encoding.default_internal = Encoding::UTF_8
+Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
+
 fake_user_names_proc = Proc.new { |x| "redmine_importer" }
 user_names_proc = Proc.new { |x|
   case x