diff --git a/acronyms_expander/acronyms_expander.py b/acronyms_expander/acronyms_expander.py
index cbfd334..76b1f21 100644
--- a/acronyms_expander/acronyms_expander.py
+++ b/acronyms_expander/acronyms_expander.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class AcronymsExpanderPlugin(GajimPlugin):
         data_file = self.local_file_path('acronyms')
         if not os.path.isfile(data_file):
             return {}
-        data = open(data_file, 'r')
+        data = open(data_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
         acronyms = eval(data.read())
         data.close()
         return acronyms
diff --git a/acronyms_expander/manifest.ini b/acronyms_expander/manifest.ini
index 4f2a00e..709e8f8 100644
--- a/acronyms_expander/manifest.ini
+++ b/acronyms_expander/manifest.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [info]
 name: Acronyms Expander
 short_name: acronyms_expander
-version: 0.1
+version: 0.2
 description: Replaces acronyms (or other strings) with given expansions/substitutes.
 authors: Mateusz Biliński <mateusz@bilinski.it>
 homepage: http://blog.bilinski.it