diff --git a/plugins/pygments_code.rb b/plugins/pygments_code.rb
index c009df9..1676a3e 100644
--- a/plugins/pygments_code.rb
+++ b/plugins/pygments_code.rb
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ module HighlightCode
       if File.exist?(path)
         highlighted_code = File.read(path)
       else
-        highlighted_code = Pygments.highlight(code, :lexer => lang, :formatter => 'html')
+        highlighted_code = Pygments.highlight(code, :lexer => lang, :formatter => 'html', :options => {:encoding => 'utf-8'})
         File.open(path, 'w') {|f| f.print(highlighted_code) }
       end
     else
-      highlighted_code = Pygments.highlight(code, :lexer => lang, :formatter => 'html')
+      highlighted_code = Pygments.highlight(code, :lexer => lang, :formatter => 'html', :options => {:encoding => 'utf-8'})
     end
     highlighted_code
   end