diff --git a/plugins/bulkImportPerformers/bulkImportPerformers.py b/plugins/bulkImportPerformers/bulkImportPerformers.py
index 29bc573..39e0125 100644
--- a/plugins/bulkImportPerformers/bulkImportPerformers.py
+++ b/plugins/bulkImportPerformers/bulkImportPerformers.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ def graphql_request(query, variables=None):
 
 def read_performer_names(file_path):
     try:
-        with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
+        # using utf-8 encoding can avoid error when the txt file contains Chinese.
+        with open(file_path, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as file:
             names = [line.strip() for line in file.readlines()]
         return names
     except FileNotFoundError: