diff --git a/src/WindowController.Core/AppSettingsStore.cs b/src/WindowController.Core/AppSettingsStore.cs
index d7a63fb..e5b8840 100644
--- a/src/WindowController.Core/AppSettingsStore.cs
+++ b/src/WindowController.Core/AppSettingsStore.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using System.Text.Unicode;
 using Serilog;
 using WindowController.Core.Models;
 
@@ -15,7 +17,8 @@ public class AppSettingsStore
     private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions JsonOptions = new()
     {
         WriteIndented = true,
-        DefaultIgnoreCondition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull
+        DefaultIgnoreCondition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull,
+        Encoder = JavaScriptEncoder.Create(UnicodeRanges.All)
     };
 
     private readonly string _filePath;
diff --git a/src/WindowController.Core/ProfileStore.cs b/src/WindowController.Core/ProfileStore.cs
index a4edf01..ef3e4c2 100644
--- a/src/WindowController.Core/ProfileStore.cs
+++ b/src/WindowController.Core/ProfileStore.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using System.Text.Unicode;
 using WindowController.Core.Models;
 using Serilog;
 
@@ -14,7 +16,8 @@ public class ProfileStore
     {
         WriteIndented = true,
         DefaultIgnoreCondition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull,
-        PropertyNamingPolicy = null // respect JsonPropertyName attributes
+        PropertyNamingPolicy = null, // respect JsonPropertyName attributes
+        Encoder = JavaScriptEncoder.Create(UnicodeRanges.All)
     };
 
     private string _filePath;