diff --git a/extract_romset.py b/extract_romset.py
index 0d8aa09..f116c53 100755
--- a/extract_romset.py
+++ b/extract_romset.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+"""
+Extracts description from datalist
+"""
+
 import os
 import sys
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
@@ -12,5 +16,5 @@ for game in root.findall("game"):
     textFile = os.path.splitext(f"{romName}")[0] + ".txt"
     os.makedirs("text", exist_ok=True)
 
-    with open(f"text/{textFile}", "w") as f:
+    with open(f"text/{textFile}", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         f.write(game.find("description").text)