diff --git a/dumpgenerator.py b/dumpgenerator.py
index 536cd0ed..0f18c5f5 100755
--- a/dumpgenerator.py
+++ b/dumpgenerator.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 import cPickle
 import datetime
 import sys
+reload(sys)
+sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
 try:
     import argparse
 except ImportError: