From 64b9843b5ba7e97b15f0324e7a5e0f4066aa4d31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeru2023 <123569003+Jeru2023@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 22:52:17 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update text.py (#2195)

Add encoding parameter when open txt file to support unicode files.
---
 langchain/document_loaders/text.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/text.py b/langchain/document_loaders/text.py
index 6962833a2e..0284de8861 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/text.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/text.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class TextLoader(BaseLoader):
 
     def load(self) -> List[Document]:
         """Load from file path."""
-        with open(self.file_path) as f:
+        with open(self.file_path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
             text = f.read()
         metadata = {"source": self.file_path}
         return [Document(page_content=text, metadata=metadata)]