diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9aac8182..846ac59a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -173,4 +173,5 @@ Crawl4AI.egg-info/
 requirements0.txt
 a.txt
 
-*.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+*.sh
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 604fff3c..5dca8771 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ async def read_index(request: Request):
 
     for filename in os.listdir(partials_dir):
         if filename.endswith(".html"):
-            with open(os.path.join(partials_dir, filename), "r") as file:
+            with open(os.path.join(partials_dir, filename), "r", encoding="utf8") as file:
                 partials[filename[:-5]] = file.read()
 
     return templates.TemplateResponse("index.html", {"request": request, **partials})