diff --git a/markdown_crawler/__init__.py b/markdown_crawler/__init__.py
index 8f19d1d..7f78ca0 100644
--- a/markdown_crawler/__init__.py
+++ b/markdown_crawler/__init__.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def crawl(
             # ------------------------------
             # Write markdown content to file
             # ------------------------------
-            with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
+            with open(file_path, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as f:
                 f.write(output)
         else:
             logger.error(f'❌ Empty content for {file_path}. Please check your targets skipping.')
@@ -356,4 +356,4 @@ def md_crawl(
     for t in threads:
         t.join()
 
-    logger.info('🏁 All threads have finished')
\ No newline at end of file
+    logger.info('🏁 All threads have finished')