diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 37a3947..847a636 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -42,3 +42,9 @@ extra_files =
 scripts =
     shyaml
 
+
+[flake8]
+ignore = E265,W391,E262,E126,E127
+max-line-length = 80
+max-complexity = 15
+
diff --git a/shyaml b/shyaml
index a03fbf6..674bd17 100755
--- a/shyaml
+++ b/shyaml
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ def main(args):  ## pylint: disable=too-many-branches
     termination = "\0" if action.endswith("-0") else "\n"
 
     if action == "get-value":
-        print(dump(value), end='')
+        print(dump(value).encode('utf-8'), end='')
     elif action in ("get-values", "get-values-0"):
         if isinstance(value, dict):
             for k, v in value.iteritems():