diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 10a7f0f..9c290b5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 from pathlib import Path
 this_directory = Path(__file__).parent
-long_description = (this_directory / "README.md").read_text()
+long_description = (this_directory / "README.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 from Cython.Build import cythonize
 
 setup(
     ext_modules=cythonize(["WordToVec/*.pyx"],
                           compiler_directives={'language_level': "3"}),
     name='NlpToolkit-WordToVec-Cy',
-    version='1.0.2',
+    version='1.0.3',
     packages=['WordToVec'],
     package_data={'WordToVec': ['*.pxd', '*.pyx', '*.c']},
     url='https://github.com/StarlangSoftware/WordToVec-Cy',