diff --git a/api/src/controllers/internal/Session.ts b/api/src/controllers/internal/Session.ts
index b83d70e..72c8907 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/Session.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/Session.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ ${autoExecContent}`
       session.path,
       '-AUTOEXEC',
       autoExecPath,
+      '-ENCODING UTF-8',
       process.platform === 'win32' ? '-nosplash' : ''
     ])
       .then(() => {