@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ module HighlightCode

       if File.exist?(path)

         highlighted_code = File.read(path)

       else

-        highlighted_code = Pygments.highlight(code, :lexer => lang, :formatter => 'html')

+        highlighted_code = Pygments.highlight(code, :lexer => lang, :formatter => 'html', :options => {:encoding => 'utf-8'})

         File.open(path, 'w') {|f| f.print(highlighted_code) }

       end

     else

-      highlighted_code = Pygments.highlight(code, :lexer => lang, :formatter => 'html')

+      highlighted_code = Pygments.highlight(code, :lexer => lang, :formatter => 'html', :options => {:encoding => 'utf-8'})

     end

     highlighted_code

   end