diff --git a/pyp2rpm/archive.py b/pyp2rpm/archive.py

index 24606e0..0971ca9 100644

--- a/pyp2rpm/archive.py

+++ b/pyp2rpm/archive.py

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class Archive(object):

                 if (full_path and member.name == name)\

                         or (not full_path and os.path.basename(member.name) == name):

                     extracted = self.handle.extractfile(member)

-                    return extracted.read().decode(locale.getpreferredencoding())

+                    return extracted.read().decode('utf-8')

         return None