diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index 4d9d122..99e9bfb 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-import json, logging
+import json
+import logging
 
 def load_config():
     try:
-        with open('./cfg/config.json') as config_file:
+        with open('./cfg/config.json', encoding="utf_8") as config_file:
             data = json.load(config_file)
         return data
     except FileNotFoundError:
         logging.fatal("The configuration file was not found.")
         return None
     except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-        logging.fatal("Error decoding the JSON file: {0}".format(e))
+        logging.fatal("Error decoding the JSON file: %s", e)
         return None