diff --git a/postprocess b/postprocess
index 04e7ebfb..c45eb6bc 100755
--- a/postprocess
+++ b/postprocess
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ import random
 import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
+import sys
 import time
 import traceback
 import yaml
 
 
+reload(sys)
+sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
+
 mogrify = ['gm', 'mogrify']
 convert = ['gm', 'convert']