diff --git a/db_converter.py b/db_converter.py
index 7f1bc9a..10b6174 100644
--- a/db_converter.py
+++ b/db_converter.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 import re
 import sys
+reload(sys)
+sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')
 import os
 import time
 import subprocess