diff --git a/src/main/java/io/wdsj/asw/util/Utils.java b/src/main/java/io/wdsj/asw/util/Utils.java
index da791ac..c4784c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/wdsj/asw/util/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/wdsj/asw/util/Utils.java
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ public static void logViolation(String playerName, String violationReason) {
             }
         }
         try {
-            FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(logFile, true);
+            Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(logFile, true), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 
             try {
                 writer.write(logMessage + System.lineSeparator());