diff --git a/MindSpider/main.py b/MindSpider/main.py
index 6ab21fa64..617c31a08 100644
--- a/MindSpider/main.py
+++ b/MindSpider/main.py
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ def initialize_database(self) -> bool:
                 [sys.executable, str(init_script)],
                 cwd=self.schema_path,
                 capture_output=True,
-                text=True
+                text=True,
+                encoding='utf-8'
             )
             
             if result.returncode == 0: