diff --git a/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/client/gui/GuiSpellDisplay.java b/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/client/gui/GuiSpellDisplay.java
index 6af46ce3..b370f0dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/client/gui/GuiSpellDisplay.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/client/gui/GuiSpellDisplay.java
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ public class GuiSpellDisplay {
 			try {
 				// This time we only want the highest priority file
 				IResource metadataFile = Minecraft.getMinecraft().getResourceManager().getResource(metadata);
-				BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(metadataFile.getInputStream()));
+				BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(metadataFile.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 					
 				JsonElement je = gson.fromJson(reader, JsonElement.class);