diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b9e683f..541163a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import io
 from os import path
 import re
 
 
-VERSION = re.search("VERSION = '([^']+)'", open(
-    path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'webencodings', '__init__.py')
+VERSION = re.search("VERSION = '([^']+)'", io.open(
+    path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'webencodings', '__init__.py'),
+    encoding='utf-8'
 ).read().strip()).group(1)
 
-LONG_DESCRIPTION = open(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst')).read()
+LONG_DESCRIPTION = io.open(
+    path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst'),
+    encoding='utf-8'
+).read()
 
 
 setup(
diff --git a/webencodings/__init__.py b/webencodings/__init__.py
index 1ddec05..96171f0 100644
--- a/webencodings/__init__.py
+++ b/webencodings/__init__.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def encode(input, encoding=UTF8, errors='strict'):
 
 def iter_decode(input, fallback_encoding, errors='replace'):
     """
-    “Pull”-based decoder.
+    "Pull"-based decoder.
 
     :param input:
         An iterable of byte strings.