From 13a0ed064b4c4c4b5978d61cc6ec0950dcdcf870 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akash NP <91617769+9akashnp8@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 05:06:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] add encoding to avoid UnicodeDecodeError (#2908)

**About**
Specify encoding to avoid UnicodeDecodeError when reading .txt for users
who are following the tutorial.

**Reference**
```
    return codecs.charmap_decode(input,self.errors,decoding_table)[0]
UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x9d in position 1205: character maps to <undefined>
```

**Environment**
OS: Win 11
Python: 3.8
---
 docs/modules/indexes/getting_started.ipynb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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')"
    ]
   },
   {