diff --git a/freqtrade/resolvers/iresolver.py b/freqtrade/resolvers/iresolver.py
index b437166e7..0462d5ce0 100644
--- a/freqtrade/resolvers/iresolver.py
+++ b/freqtrade/resolvers/iresolver.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class IResolver:
                 logger.debug("Ignoring broken symlink %s", entry)
                 continue
             module_path = entry.resolve()
-            if entry.read_text().find(f"class {object_name}(") == -1:
+            if entry.read_text(encoding='utf-8').find(f"class {object_name}(") == -1:
                 logger.debug(f"Skipping {module_path} as it does not contain class {object_name}.")
                 continue