diff --git a/src/dbt_osmosis/core/osmosis.py b/src/dbt_osmosis/core/osmosis.py
index f27964a..76e15ab 100644
--- a/src/dbt_osmosis/core/osmosis.py
+++ b/src/dbt_osmosis/core/osmosis.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None:
         self.width = 800
         self.preserve_quotes = True
         self.default_flow_style = False
+        self.encoding = os.getenv("DBT_OSMOSIS_ENCODING", "utf-8")
 
 
 class SchemaFileLocation(BaseModel):