diff --git a/src/acrostics/LanguageModel.java b/src/acrostics/LanguageModel.java
index 3ec2975..0f6a9bf 100644
--- a/src/acrostics/LanguageModel.java
+++ b/src/acrostics/LanguageModel.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public LanguageModel(String filename) {
         filename = filename + FILE_POSTFIX;
         System.err.println("In constructor");
         try {
-            Scanner sc = new Scanner(new File(filename), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            Scanner sc = new Scanner(new File(filename));
             System.err.println("Reading file: " + filename);
             System.err.println("Reading file: " + new File(filename).getAbsolutePath());
             while (sc.hasNextLine()) {