diff --git a/crowdstrike/crowdstrike_vulnerabilities_csv.py b/crowdstrike/crowdstrike_vulnerabilities_csv.py
index a646794..aff98ca 100644
--- a/crowdstrike/crowdstrike_vulnerabilities_csv.py
+++ b/crowdstrike/crowdstrike_vulnerabilities_csv.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 def customParser(inputPath, outputPath):
 
-	with open(inputPath, 'r', newline='') as input_file:
+	with open(inputPath, 'r', newline='', encoding='utf-8') as input_file:
 
 		# Create the csv file for writing
 		with open(outputPath, 'w', newline='') as csvfile: