diff --git a/variable_grabbler.py b/variable_grabbler.py
index e4c7af3..d3b78e9 100644
--- a/variable_grabbler.py
+++ b/variable_grabbler.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ file_name_pattern = "*.php"
 
 print "Reading config file...",
 config = open("variable_grabbler.cfg","r")
-parsed = json.load(config)
+parsed = json.loads(config.read().decode(utf-8))
 config.close()
 print "Done."