From 1b128a1ef0437bf0ddfa3ce33555d5cfb0124a07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BillSchumacher <34168009+BillSchumacher@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 18:50:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Use UTF-8 encoding for Windows users.

---
 scripts/file_operations.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/file_operations.py b/scripts/file_operations.py
index 1b87cc28..c6066ef9 100644
--- a/scripts/file_operations.py
+++ b/scripts/file_operations.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def read_file(filename):
     """Read a file and return the contents"""
     try:
         filepath = safe_join(working_directory, filename)
-        with open(filepath, "r") as f:
+        with open(filepath, "r", encoding='utf-8') as f:
             content = f.read()
         return content
     except Exception as e: