From 0634fe021decf6dcccfb7f4501e8367a0b24af0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dgtlmoon <dgtlmoon@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 19:20:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Datastore - Always use utf-8 encoding for error text output
 storage

---
 changedetectionio/model/Watch.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py b/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py
index 6fd5d2e7..de9e8aa2 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ class model(watch_base):
     def save_error_text(self, contents):
         self.ensure_data_dir_exists()
         target_path = os.path.join(self.watch_data_dir, "last-error.txt")
-        with open(target_path, 'w') as f:
+        with open(target_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             f.write(contents)
 
     def save_xpath_data(self, data, as_error=False):