diff --git a/albow/fields.py b/albow/fields.py
index 701adeea0..92feb3953 100644
--- a/albow/fields.py
+++ b/albow/fields.py
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ def key_down(self, event):
                 try:
                     t = pygame.scrap.get(SCRAP_TEXT).replace('\0', '')
                     DEF_ENC = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
+                    if DEF_ENC is None:
+                        DEF_ENC = "UTF-8"
                     if type(t) == unicode and DEF_ENC != "UTF-8":
                         t = t.encode(DEF_ENC)
                     self.text = t
diff --git a/albow/translate.py b/albow/translate.py
index 4bcb05bad..e565e9a72 100644
--- a/albow/translate.py
+++ b/albow/translate.py
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ def getPlatInfo(**kwargs):
 
 
 enc = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
+if enc is None:
+    enc = "UTF-8"
 
 string_cache = {}
 font_lang_cache = {}
diff --git a/editortools/brush.py b/editortools/brush.py
index 49474eeca..ff257f724 100644
--- a/editortools/brush.py
+++ b/editortools/brush.py
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
 from __builtin__ import __import__
 from locale import getdefaultlocale
 DEF_ENC = getdefaultlocale()[1]
-
+if DEF_ENC is None:
+    DEF_ENC = "UTF-8"
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@ def loadBrushPreset(self, name):
             if key.endswith('blockID'):
                 key = key[:-7]
                 self.options[key] = self.editor.level.materials.blockWithID(loadedBrushOptions[key + 'blockID'], loadedBrushOptions[key+ 'blockData'])
-                if key + 'recentBlocks' in loadedBrushOptions:    
+                if key + 'recentBlocks' in loadedBrushOptions:
                     list = []
                     blockList = loadedBrushOptions[key + 'recentBlocks']
                     for b in blockList:
diff --git a/editortools/player.py b/editortools/player.py
index e66acbac1..ee5b2d145 100644
--- a/editortools/player.py
+++ b/editortools/player.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def undo(self):
                     self.tool.panel.players.append(version_utils.getPlayerNameFromUUID(self.player))
                 else:
                 	self.tool.panel.players.append("Player")
-                
+
                 if "[No players]" in self.tool.panel.players:
                     self.tool.panel.players.remove("[No players]")
                 self.tool.hidePanel()
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def perform(self, recordUndo=True):
             self.level.playerTagCache[self.level.getPlayerPath(self.player)] = self.playerTag
 
             self.level.players.append(self.player)
-            if self.tool.panel: 
+            if self.tool.panel:
                 self.tool.panel.player_UUID[self.player] = self.player
 
         else:
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def newPlayer(self):
             if b != 0 and not done:
                 i = index
                 done = True
-        spawnY = self.level.Height - i        
+        spawnY = self.level.Height - i
         playerTag['Pos'] = nbt.TAG_List([nbt.TAG_Double([spawnX, spawnY, spawnZ][i]) for i in range(3)])
         playerTag['Rotation'] = nbt.TAG_List([nbt.TAG_Float(0), nbt.TAG_Float(0)])
 
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ def movePlayerToCamera(self):
             self.editor.addOperation(op)
             if op.canUndo:
                 self.editor.addUnsavedEdit()
-                
+
     def delete_skin(self, uuid):
         del self.playerTexture[uuid]
         self.playerTexture[uuid] = loadPNGTexture('char.png')
diff --git a/mcedit.py b/mcedit.py
index 6bf8e2d1f..7c5d0a153 100644
--- a/mcedit.py
+++ b/mcedit.py
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ def format(self, record):
 import albow
 import locale
 DEF_ENC = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
+if DEF_ENC is None:
+    DEF_ENC = "UTF-8"
 from albow.translate import _, getPlatInfo
 
 from albow.dialogs import Dialog
diff --git a/resource_packs.py b/resource_packs.py
index 0d20678ab..2816240ee 100644
--- a/resource_packs.py
+++ b/resource_packs.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 import locale
 DEF_ENC = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
+if DEF_ENC is None:
+    DEF_ENC = "UTF-8"
 
 try:
     import resource  # @UnresolvedImport
@@ -732,7 +734,7 @@ def setup_resource_packs():
     except OSError:
         pass
     terrains["Default"] = DefaultResourcePack()
-    
+
     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(directories.getMinecraftProfileDirectory(directories.getSelectedProfile()), "resourcepacks")):
         zipResourcePacks = directories.getAllOfAFile(unicode(os.path.join(directories.getMinecraftProfileDirectory(directories.getSelectedProfile()), "resourcepacks")), ".zip")
         folderResourcePacks = os.listdir(unicode(os.path.join(directories.getMinecraftProfileDirectory(directories.getSelectedProfile()), "resourcepacks")))