From 5dc7951dc0a2f4c0f116db3c0fe992e4d3fd8657 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zach White <skullydazed@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 08:55:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add utf-8 encoding to the open() call (#12388)

---
 lib/python/qmk/json_schema.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/json_schema.py b/lib/python/qmk/json_schema.py
index b4cd1776b..077dfcaa9 100644
--- a/lib/python/qmk/json_schema.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/json_schema.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def json_load(json_file):
     Note: file must be a Path object.
     """
     try:
-        return hjson.load(json_file.open())
+        return hjson.load(json_file.open(encoding='utf-8'))
 
     except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as e:
         cli.log.error('Invalid JSON encountered attempting to load {fg_cyan}%s{fg_reset}:\n\t{fg_red}%s', json_file, e)