diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 3bff75b..ebeac12 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
                 "cwd": "scripts",
                 "env": {
                     "UNATTENDED": "1",
+                    "PYTHONUTF8": "1",
                     "PYTHON": "${env:GUIDATA_PYTHONEXE}",
                 }
             },