diff --git a/modules/nixos/tasks/multimedia-archive/convert-newpipe-db-to-json b/modules/nixos/tasks/multimedia-archive/convert-newpipe-db-to-json
index 931c66a6..59fcefd5 100755
--- a/modules/nixos/tasks/multimedia-archive/convert-newpipe-db-to-json
+++ b/modules/nixos/tasks/multimedia-archive/convert-newpipe-db-to-json
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         output_file = args.output
         if output_file:
             with open(output_file, mode="w", encoding="UTF-8") as file:
-                json.dump(data, file, sort_keys=True, indent=2)
+                json.dump(data, file, sort_keys=True, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
         else:
-            print(json.dumps(data, sort_keys=True, indent=2))
+            print(json.dumps(data, sort_keys=True, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))
 
     shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)