diff --git a/utils/transcp.py b/utils/transcp.py
index 3b4cb25..5df294f 100755
--- a/utils/transcp.py
+++ b/utils/transcp.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ LANGUAGE_NAME = "GM9_LANGUAGE"
 VERSION = "GM9_TRANS_VER"
 
 parser = ArgumentParser(description="Creates the language.inl file from source.json")
-parser.add_argument("source", type=FileType("r"), help="source.json")
-parser.add_argument("inl", type=FileType("w"), help="language.inl")
+parser.add_argument("source", type=FileType("r", encoding="utf-8"), help="source.json")
+parser.add_argument("inl", type=FileType("w", encoding="utf-8"), help="language.inl")
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 # Load the JSON and handle the meta values
diff --git a/utils/transriff.py b/utils/transriff.py
index fb13641..1036866 100755
--- a/utils/transriff.py
+++ b/utils/transriff.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def main(source: pathlib.Path, dest: pathlib.Path) -> None:
         source: JSON to convert from.
         dest: TRF file to write.
     """
-    data = json.loads(source.read_text())
+    data = json.loads(source.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
 
     try:
         language = get_language(data)