diff --git a/exopy/tasks/plugin.py b/exopy/tasks/plugin.py
index cda0d51d..33282b2f 100644
--- a/exopy/tasks/plugin.py
+++ b/exopy/tasks/plugin.py
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ def load_auto_task_names(self):
                                 dict(kind='error', message=msg))
             return
 
-        with open(path) as f:
+        with open(path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
             aux = f.readlines()
 
         self.auto_task_names = [l.rstrip() for l in aux]
diff --git a/exopy/tasks/tasknames.txt b/exopy/tasks/tasknames.txt
index d305b098..b36a91e0 100644
--- a/exopy/tasks/tasknames.txt
+++ b/exopy/tasks/tasknames.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Vleck
 Kapitsa
 Penzias
 Wilson
-Glashow 
+Glashow
 Weinberg
 Salam
 Cronin
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Tsui
 Hooft
 Veltman
 Kroemer
-Alferov 
+Alferov
 Kilby
 Cornell
 Wieman