diff --git a/extra-scripts/timecrack.py b/extra-scripts/timecrack.py
index c362e13..b7b8ebf 100755
--- a/extra-scripts/timecrack.py
+++ b/extra-scripts/timecrack.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def main():
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   argparser.add_argument('hashes', type=FileType('r'), help='Output of timeroast.py')
-  argparser.add_argument('dictionary', type=FileType('r'), help='Line-delimited password dictionary')
+  argparser.add_argument('dictionary', type=FileType('r', encoding='latin-1'), help='Line-delimited password dictionary')
   args = argparser.parse_args()
 
   crackcount = 0