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-rw-r--r--ranger/core/runner.py4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ranger/core/runner.py b/ranger/core/runner.py
index ded64b5d..1d2b91f7 100644
--- a/ranger/core/runner.py
+++ b/ranger/core/runner.py
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ class Runner(object):  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
         if 's' in context.flags:
             # Using a with-statement for these is inconvenient.
             # pylint: disable=consider-using-with
-            devnull_writable = open(os.devnull, 'w')
-            devnull_readable = open(os.devnull, 'r')
+            devnull_writable = open(os.devnull, 'w', encoding="utf-8")
+            devnull_readable = open(os.devnull, 'r', encoding="utf-8")
             for key in ('stdout', 'stderr'):
                 popen_kws[key] = devnull_writable
             toggle_ui = False