diff --git a/blogination.cabal b/blogination.cabal
--- a/blogination.cabal
+++ b/blogination.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                blogination
-version:             0.0
+version:             0.1
 synopsis:            Very simple static blog software
 description:         Blogination reads files written in markdown and outputs xhtml. Supports syntax highlighting. Philosophy is simplicity. Can be used as a library, in a web application for example. Intended use is a simple commandline program to run after changes are made. Ideally use darcs or git with it.
 category:            Web
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Data-Files: sample-blog.conf
 
 library
-  build-depends: base,filepath,directory,pandoc,xhtml,highlighting-kate,higherorder,mtl
+  build-depends: base,filepath,directory,pandoc,xhtml,highlighting-kate,higherorder,mtl,utf8-string
   exposed-modules: Text.Blogination
   hs-source-dirs: library/
 
diff --git a/library/Text/Blogination.hs b/library/Text/Blogination.hs
--- a/library/Text/Blogination.hs
+++ b/library/Text/Blogination.hs
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 import Data.Char hiding (Space)
 import Data.List.Higher
 import Data.Maybe
+import Prelude hiding (readFile,writeFile)
 import Text.Highlighting.Kate
 import Text.Pandoc
 import Text.Printf
 import Text.XHtml.Strict
 import System.Directory
 import System.FilePath
+import System.IO.UTF8 (readFile,writeFile)
 import System.Time
 
 data Blog = Blog