1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/presentty/presentty.py b/presentty/presentty.py
index b7589bf..d54d640 100644
--- a/presentty/presentty.py
+++ b/presentty/presentty.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def main():
         plt = palette.DARK_PALETTE
     hinter = slide.ScreenHinter()
     parser = rst.PresentationParser(plt, hinter)
-    program = parser.parse(open(args.file).read(), args.file)
+    program = parser.parse(unicode(open(args.file).read(), 'utf-8'), args.file)
     if args.warnings:
         w = parser.warnings.getvalue()
         if w: