diff --git a/WELA.ps1 b/WELA.ps1
index 7c9c7e0a..1c63dbb4 100644
--- a/WELA.ps1
+++ b/WELA.ps1
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Set the console encoding to UTF-8
+[Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8
+
 # Step 1: Run the auditpol command using cmd.exe and redirect its output to a file
 $outputFilePath = "auditpol_output.txt"
 Start-Process -FilePath "cmd.exe" -ArgumentList "/c chcp 437 & auditpol /get /category:* /r" -NoNewWindow -Wait -RedirectStandardOutput $outputFilePath