From d210275a4ec75eab9b913f500283ac954c6126d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: prculley <paulr2787@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 09:42:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Windows GUI mode startup for crash with some languages

Fixes: #11612. #11490, #11518, #9179, #9201, #9266
---
 gramps/grampsapp.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gramps/grampsapp.py b/gramps/grampsapp.py
index 2f0dac5a5..d421ac98c 100644
--- a/gramps/grampsapp.py
+++ b/gramps/grampsapp.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ if win():
             pass  # ok
         elif not os.path.isdir(HOME_DIR):
             os.makedirs(HOME_DIR)
-        sys.stdout = sys.stderr = open(logfile, "w")
+        sys.stdout = sys.stderr = open(logfile, "w", encoding='utf-8')
 stderrh = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
 stderrh.setFormatter(form)
 stderrh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)