diff --git a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/permissionsigns/utility/FileHelper.java b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/permissionsigns/utility/FileHelper.java
index 1eb5fb4..d479374 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/permissionsigns/utility/FileHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/permissionsigns/utility/FileHelper.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 /**
  * A helper class for dealing with files
@@ -16,12 +18,12 @@ public class FileHelper {
      * @return <p>A buffered read for reading the file</p>
      * @throws FileNotFoundException <p>If unable to get an input stream for the given file</p>
      */
-    public static BufferedReader getBufferedReaderForInternalFile(String file) throws FileNotFoundException {
+    public static BufferedReader getBufferedReaderForInternalFile(String file) throws FileNotFoundException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
         InputStream inputStream = FileHelper.class.getResourceAsStream(file);
         if (inputStream == null) {
             throw new FileNotFoundException("Unable to read the given file");
         }
-        return new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
+        return new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
     }
 
 }