diff --git a/TF2CompRosterChecker/UGCChecker.cs b/TF2CompRosterChecker/UGCChecker.cs
index 33b69ef..4694e98 100644
--- a/TF2CompRosterChecker/UGCChecker.cs
+++ b/TF2CompRosterChecker/UGCChecker.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Controls;
 using System.Windows.Threading;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ public override List<Player> ParseData(LeagueFormat leagueformat, IProgress<int>
                     {
                         try
                         {
+                            wc.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
                             webcontent = wc.DownloadString(string.Concat(BaseUrl, id)).Replace("\n", string.Empty);
                             //Console.WriteLine(string.Concat(baseApiUrl, SteamIDTools.steamID3ToSteamID64(this.steamIDs[i])).Replace("\n", string.Empty));
                             //Console.WriteLine(webcontent);