diff --git a/gpgmymail b/gpgmymail
index f0f1f5b..0be804b 100755
--- a/gpgmymail
+++ b/gpgmymail
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def encrypt(
         return message.as_string()
     
     gpg = gnupg.GPG()
-    gpg.encoding = 'utf-8'  # default is latin-1 which fails w some unicode chars
+    # gpg.encoding = 'utf-8'  # default is latin-1 which fails w some unicode chars
     encrypted_content = gpg.encrypt(message.as_string(), recipients, armor=True)
     if not encrypted_content:
         raise ValueError(encrypted_content.status)