specify encoding of data/data.json when opening it
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ async def setup_database(): # init pool connection to database
if not DEBUG:
asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(setup_database())
-with open('data/data.json', 'r') as d:
+with open('data/data.json', 'r', encoding='utf8') as d:
bot.d = classyjson.load(d)
bot.d.cc = discord.Color.green() # embed color
