diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0404884..f4629d5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ README_ubuntu.md
 README_macos.md
 realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan
 realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan.exe
+upscayl-bin
+upscayl-bin.exe
 vcomp140.dll
 vcomp140d.dll
 
diff --git a/task.py b/task.py
index 127469c..bcfa556 100644
--- a/task.py
+++ b/task.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ def run(self) -> None:
                 cmd,
                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                 universal_newlines=True,
+                encoding='utf-8',
                 creationflags=subprocess.CREATE_NO_WINDOW if os.name == 'nt' else 0,
             ) as p:
                 for line in p.stderr:
@@ -298,6 +299,7 @@ def run(self) -> None:
             cmd,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
             universal_newlines=True,
+            encoding='utf-8',
             creationflags=subprocess.CREATE_NO_WINDOW if os.name == 'nt' else 0,
         ) as p:
             for line in p.stderr: