diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d6ba36..6aece2e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ dist/
 .DS_Store
 output/
 venv/
+.vscode/
diff --git a/nhentai/serializer.py b/nhentai/serializer.py
index 550022c..07f9583 100644
--- a/nhentai/serializer.py
+++ b/nhentai/serializer.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def serialize_json(doujinshi, dir):
 
 def serialize_comic_xml(doujinshi, dir):
     from iso8601 import parse_date
-    with open(os.path.join(dir, 'ComicInfo.xml'), 'w') as f:
+    with open(os.path.join(dir, 'ComicInfo.xml'), 'w', encoding="utf-8") as f:
         f.write('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n')
         f.write('<ComicInfo xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" '
                 'xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">\n')