diff --git a/fs_watcher/watcher.py b/fs_watcher/watcher.py
index 892c34d..115be68 100644
--- a/fs_watcher/watcher.py
+++ b/fs_watcher/watcher.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 from .eventhandler import EventHandler, get_stdout_log, process_report
 
 def watcher(config):
+    reload(sys)
+    sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
+
     # for background processes polling
     processes = {}