diff --git a/melo/utils.py b/melo/utils.py
index bafca5a6d..fdeadbde3 100644
--- a/melo/utils.py
+++ b/melo/utils.py
@@ -269,12 +269,12 @@ def get_hparams(init=True):
     config_path = args.config
     config_save_path = os.path.join(model_dir, "config.json")
     if init:
-        with open(config_path, "r") as f:
+        with open(config_path, "r",encoding="utf8") as f:
             data = f.read()
-        with open(config_save_path, "w") as f:
+        with open(config_save_path, "w",encoding="utf8") as f:
             f.write(data)
     else:
-        with open(config_save_path, "r") as f:
+        with open(config_save_path, "r",encoding="utf8") as f:
             data = f.read()
     config = json.loads(data)