diff --git a/patchfile.gemspec b/patchfile.gemspec
index a2055c6..926b247 100644
--- a/patchfile.gemspec
+++ b/patchfile.gemspec
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ end
 @original_dir = Dir.pwd
 `cd "#{dir_pwd}" && git add  app/templates/ app/assets  built_in_extensions.rb  config/mongoid.yml bin/ && cd "#{@original_dir}"` #using git to add modified files and to avoid git pull not working
 #Add patchfile to Admin area
-@patchfile_li = File.read(app_path+"/patchfile_li.txt")
-@patchfile_li_choices = File.read(app_path+"/patchfile_li_choices.txt")
-@file_text = File.read(dir_pwd+'/app/views/shared/_side_bar.html.erb')
+@patchfile_li = File.read(app_path+"/patchfile_li.txt").force_encoding('UTF-8')
+@patchfile_li_choices = File.read(app_path+"/patchfile_li_choices.txt").force_encoding('UTF-8')
+@file_text = File.read(dir_pwd+'/app/views/shared/_side_bar.html.erb').force_encoding('UTF-8')
 if !@file_text.include?('<div class="patchfile sub-nav-block icons-megaphone">')
 	@indert_index = @file_text.index('</nav>')
 	@file_text.insert(@indert_index , @patchfile_li_choices)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ all_template.each do |folder|
       puts "changing header.html.erb in #{folder}/home/header.html.erb"
       if folder.split('/')[-1] != 'mobile'
         filename = folder+'home/header.html.erb'
-        texts = File.read(filename)
+        texts = File.read(filename).force_encoding('UTF-8')
         texts_html = Nokogiri::HTML.parse(texts)
         if texts_html.css('.navbar-brand').length == 1
           new_texts = texts.gsub(texts_html.css('.navbar-brand').to_s.gsub("%7B",'{').gsub('%7D','}'),change_text)