--- a/Helpviewer/Bookmarks/BookmarksImporters/HtmlImporter.py	Tue Mar 20 19:47:18 2012 +0100
+++ b/Helpviewer/Bookmarks/BookmarksImporters/HtmlImporter.py	Wed Mar 21 12:02:57 2012 +0100
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
         @return imported bookmarks (BookmarkNode)
         """
         try:
-            f = open(self.__fileName, "r")
+            f = open(self.__fileName, "r", encoding="utf-8")
             contents = f.read()
             f.close()
         except IOError as err: