diff --git a/telegram_trigger_bot.py b/telegram_trigger_bot.py
index f28c48c..50b8678 100644
--- a/telegram_trigger_bot.py
+++ b/telegram_trigger_bot.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Telegram Trigger Bot - Declanșează BTGO Scraper prin comandă Telegram
 
 import os
 import sys
+import io
 import subprocess
 import logging
 import json
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ CHAT_ID = os.getenv('TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID')
 POLL_TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv('TELEGRAM_POLL_TIMEOUT', 60))  # Default 60 secunde
 
 # Logging - force stdout instead of stderr (for Windows service logging)
+# Set UTF-8 encoding for stdout to support Romanian characters
+sys.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdout.buffer, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace')
+sys.stderr = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stderr.buffer, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace')
+
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.INFO,
     format='[%(asctime)s] [%(levelname)s] %(message)s',