diff --git a/gptdeploy.py b/gptdeploy.py
index 47b20ef..870e445 100644
--- a/gptdeploy.py
+++ b/gptdeploy.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from src import env  # noqa: F401 to make sure certain environment variables are set
 from src import main
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/src/cli.py b/src/cli.py
index 0485bf5..4a2bb0b 100644
--- a/src/cli.py
+++ b/src/cli.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import functools
 import os
 
 import click
-from langchain.callbacks import get_openai_callback
 
 from src.apis.jina_cloud import jina_auth_login
 from src.options.configure.key_handling import set_api_key
diff --git a/src/env.py b/src/env.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5acd11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/env.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import os
+
+os.environ['PYTHONIOENCODING']='utf-8'
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