diff --git a/bin/run-tc-transfer.sh b/bin/run-tc-transfer.sh
index c315e749..164e1b0b 100755
--- a/bin/run-tc-transfer.sh
+++ b/bin/run-tc-transfer.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ fi;
 # and when trying to run on multiple devices (like GPUs), this will break
 export CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0
 
+# Force UTF-8 output
+export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8
+
 echo "##### Train ENGLISH model and transfer to RUSSIAN #####"
 echo "##### while iterating over loading logic #####"