diff --git a/smash/web/importer/importer.py b/smash/web/importer/importer.py
index 844c7dc8657cbdf99421fb72339ff06cfe096ab4..09ab2ed81251a53bad59b4ea4aec54cbc2b22969 100644
--- a/smash/web/importer/importer.py
+++ b/smash/web/importer/importer.py
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ class Importer(object):
                 logger.warn("User does not exist: " + importer_user_name)
             else:
                 self.importer_user = Worker.objects.filter(user=user)
+        reload(sys)  
+        sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
+
 
     def execute(self):
         self.added_count = 0