diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 9268b74..30229a6 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ function activity(string) {
 //the discordBot part starts here.
 if (config.discordBot) {
 	fs.access(save, error => {
-		fs.readFile(save, (err, data) => {
+		fs.readFile(save, "utf8", (err, data) => {
 			if (err) log(err)
 			id = data;
 		});