diff --git a/src/eynollah/eynollah.py b/src/eynollah/eynollah.py
index 0992c8c..94bd10c 100644
--- a/src/eynollah/eynollah.py
+++ b/src/eynollah/eynollah.py
@@ -5284,7 +5284,7 @@ class Eynollah_ocr:
                     ##unicode_textpage.text = tot_page_text
                 
                 ET.register_namespace("",name_space)
-                tree1.write(out_file_ocr,xml_declaration=True,method='xml',encoding="utf8",default_namespace=None)
+                tree1.write(out_file_ocr,xml_declaration=True,method='xml',encoding="utf-8",default_namespace=None)
         else:
             ###max_len = 280#512#280#512
             ###padding_token = 1500#299#1500#299
@@ -5833,5 +5833,5 @@ class Eynollah_ocr:
                         ##unicode_textpage.text = tot_page_text
                     
                     ET.register_namespace("",name_space)
-                    tree1.write(out_file_ocr,xml_declaration=True,method='xml',encoding="utf8",default_namespace=None)
+                    tree1.write(out_file_ocr,xml_declaration=True,method='xml',encoding="utf-8",default_namespace=None)
                     #print("Job done in %.1fs", time.time() - t0)
diff --git a/src/eynollah/mb_ro_on_layout.py b/src/eynollah/mb_ro_on_layout.py
index 218f973..1b991ae 100644
--- a/src/eynollah/mb_ro_on_layout.py
+++ b/src/eynollah/mb_ro_on_layout.py
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ class machine_based_reading_order_on_layout:
             tree_xml.write(os.path.join(dir_out, file_name+'.xml'),
                            xml_declaration=True,
                            method='xml',
-                           encoding="utf8",
+                           encoding="utf-8",
                            default_namespace=None)
             
             #sys.exit()