diff --git a/src/DocNet/Config.cs b/src/DocNet/Config.cs
index 4013e05..73d5931 100644
--- a/src/DocNet/Config.cs
+++ b/src/DocNet/Config.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace Docnet
 		{
 			_configFileSourcePath = Path.GetDirectoryName(configFile);
 
-			var configData = File.ReadAllText(configFile, Encoding.Default);
+			var configData = File.ReadAllText(configFile, Encoding.UTF8);
 			if(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(configData))
 			{
 				Console.WriteLine("[ERROR] '{0}' is empty.", configFile);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace Docnet
 				Console.WriteLine("[ERROR] Theme '{0}' or Themes folder not found.", this.ThemeFolder);
 				return false;
 			}
-			_templateContents = File.ReadAllText(this.PageTemplateFile);
+			_templateContents = File.ReadAllText(this.PageTemplateFile, Encoding.UTF8);
 			if(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_templateContents))
 			{
 				Console.WriteLine("[ERROR] Page template '{0}' is empty.", _configData.PageTemplate);
diff --git a/src/DocNet/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/DocNet/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 0a1bb1e..dd161f8 100644
--- a/src/DocNet/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/DocNet/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 // You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.11.0.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.11.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.12.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.12.0")]
diff --git a/src/DocNet/SimpleNavigationElement.cs b/src/DocNet/SimpleNavigationElement.cs
index 53ba3fa..a1a51c3 100644
--- a/src/DocNet/SimpleNavigationElement.cs
+++ b/src/DocNet/SimpleNavigationElement.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace Docnet
 			var relativePathToRoot = Utils.MakeRelativePathForUri(Path.GetDirectoryName(destinationFile), activeConfig.Destination);
 			if(File.Exists(sourceFile))
 			{
-				this.MarkdownFromFile = File.ReadAllText(sourceFile);
+				this.MarkdownFromFile = File.ReadAllText(sourceFile, Encoding.UTF8);
 				// Check if the content contains @@include tag
 				content = Utils.IncludeProcessor(this.MarkdownFromFile, Utils.MakeAbsolutePath(activeConfig.Source, activeConfig.IncludeFolder));
 				content = Utils.ConvertMarkdownToHtml(content, Path.GetDirectoryName(destinationFile), activeConfig.Destination, _relativeH2LinksOnPage);
diff --git a/src/DocNet/Utils.cs b/src/DocNet/Utils.cs
index 23f9a94..a7bad0c 100644
--- a/src/DocNet/Utils.cs
+++ b/src/DocNet/Utils.cs
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ namespace Docnet
 					string filePath = Path.Combine(includeFolder, fileName);
 					if (File.Exists(filePath))
 					{
-						content = content.Replace(tagToReplace, File.ReadAllText(filePath));
+						content = content.Replace(tagToReplace, File.ReadAllText(filePath, Encoding.UTF8));
 					}
 				}
 				m = m.NextMatch();