diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f11b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.idea/
diff --git a/gwkit.py b/gwkit.py
index 7eaad3d..ee6352c 100644
--- a/gwkit.py
+++ b/gwkit.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import sys
 import getpass
 import httplib
+import io
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('gwkit')
 logger.addHandler(logging.FileHandler('gwkit.log'))
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ def _print_color_text(self, text, index, y, x, width):
         text_length = 0
         words = text.split(' ')
         for word in words:
+            word = word.encode('utf-8')
             color_index = 0
             if index == self.selected_server_idx:
                 color_index += 1
@@ -531,7 +533,7 @@ def init_server_list():
 	html = get_session_cookies.text
 	actionStartIndex = html.find('action=') + 8
 	print actionStartIndex
-	actionEndIndex = html.find('" method', actionStartIndex) 
+	actionEndIndex = html.find('" method', actionStartIndex)
 
 	loginUrl = html[actionStartIndex:actionEndIndex].replace('&', '&')
 
@@ -591,8 +593,8 @@ def init_server_list():
         	i += 1
 	print ""
 
-	final_result = str(result).replace("\'", "\"")
-	f = open(server_list_json_file, 'w')
+	final_result = str(result).decode('string-escape').decode("utf-8").replace("\'", "\"")
+	f = io.open(server_list_json_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8')
 	f.write(final_result)
 	f.close()