diff --git a/viera/remote_actor.py b/viera/remote_actor.py
index 14d2db3..28e49b7 100644
--- a/viera/remote_actor.py
+++ b/viera/remote_actor.py
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ async def fetch_actor(uri, force=False):
 
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
         async with session.get(uri, headers={'Accept': 'application/activity+json'}) as resp:
-            ACTORS[uri] = (await resp.json(content_type=None))
+            ACTORS[uri] = (await resp.json(encoding='utf-8', content_type=None))
             DATABASE["actors"] = ACTORS
             return ACTORS[uri]