diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 00af9aa0..e625af53 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.16.5-develop101
+1.16.5-develop102
diff --git a/modules/util.py b/modules/util.py
index 768ac9f3..f2de8edc 100644
--- a/modules/util.py
+++ b/modules/util.py
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ class YAML:
 
     def save(self):
         if self.path:
-            with open(self.path, 'w') as fp:
+            with open(self.path, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as fp:
                 self.yaml.dump(self.data, fp)
 
 class Overlay: