diff --git a/modules/impact/config.py b/modules/impact/config.py
index 792213c..84a75ff 100644
--- a/modules/impact/config.py
+++ b/modules/impact/config.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import configparser
 import os
 
 
-version = "V3.0.3"
+version = "V3.0.4"
 
 dependency_version = 4
 
diff --git a/modules/impact/wildcards.py b/modules/impact/wildcards.py
index d4b0fdc..1ded1d7 100644
--- a/modules/impact/wildcards.py
+++ b/modules/impact/wildcards.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def read_wildcard_dict(wildcard_path):
                 file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
                 key = os.path.splitext(file)[0]
 
-                with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
+                with open(file_path, 'r', encoding="UTF-8") as f:
                     lines = f.read().splitlines()
 
                 wildcard_dict[key] = lines