diff --git a/auth.py b/auth.py
index 2ca3b683..ab0b9110 100644
--- a/auth.py
+++ b/auth.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def createBasicAuthHeader(nickname: str,password: str) -> str:
     """This is only used by tests
     """
     authStr=nickname.replace('\n','')+':'+password.replace('\n','')
-    return 'Basic '+base64.b64encode(authStr.encode('utf8')).decode('utf8')
+    return 'Basic '+base64.b64encode(authStr.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')
 
 def authorizeBasic(baseDir: str,authHeader: str) -> bool:
     """HTTP basic auth
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def authorizeBasic(baseDir: str,authHeader: str) -> bool:
     if ' ' not in authHeader:
         return False
     base64Str = authHeader.split(' ')[1].replace('\n','')
-    plain = base64.b64decode(base64Str).decode('utf8')
+    plain = base64.b64decode(base64Str).decode('utf-8')
     if ':' not in plain:
         return False
     nickname = plain.split(':')[0]
diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index cc5f9030..3688ec52 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         filename=self.server.baseDir+self.path
         if os.path.isfile(filename):
             self._set_headers('application/json')
-            with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf8') as File:
+            with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as File:
                 content = File.read()
                 contentJson=json.loads(content)
-                self.wfile.write(json.dumps(contentJson).encode('utf8'))
+                self.wfile.write(json.dumps(contentJson).encode('utf-8'))
         else:
             if self.server.debug:
                 print('DEBUG: GET Unknown file')