diff --git a/docs/modules/indexes/getting_started.ipynb b/docs/modules/indexes/getting_started.ipynb
index 58a133ad..0c6a9d59 100644
--- a/docs/modules/indexes/getting_started.ipynb
+++ b/docs/modules/indexes/getting_started.ipynb
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "from langchain.document_loaders import TextLoader\n",
-    "loader = TextLoader('../state_of_the_union.txt')"
+    "loader = TextLoader('../state_of_the_union.txt', encoding='utf8')"
    ]
   },
   {