diff -up alexandria-0.6.8/bin/alexandria.kcodefix alexandria-0.6.8/bin/alexandria
--- alexandria-0.6.8/bin/alexandria.kcodefix	2012-03-23 14:39:42.898463507 -0400
+++ alexandria-0.6.8/bin/alexandria	2012-04-08 04:40:00.000000000 +0900
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# encoding: utf-8
 
-$KCODE = 'U'
+$KCODE = 'U' unless RUBY_VERSION > "1.9.0"
+# Japanese locale see some odd failure without below...
+ENV["LANG"] = ENV["LANG"].sub("utf8", "utf-8")
 
 require 'rubygems'
 begin
diff -up alexandria-0.6.8/lib/alexandria/about.rb.kcodefix alexandria-0.6.8/lib/alexandria/about.rb
--- alexandria-0.6.8/lib/alexandria/about.rb.kcodefix	2012-03-23 14:41:48.288345224 -0400
+++ alexandria-0.6.8/lib/alexandria/about.rb	2012-03-23 14:42:03.952205307 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 # Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Laurent Sansonetti
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Joseph Method
 #