diff --git a/callback_plugins/grafana_annotations.py b/callback_plugins/grafana_annotations.py
index 1e0cd69..90e5972 100644
--- a/callback_plugins/grafana_annotations.py
+++ b/callback_plugins/grafana_annotations.py
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 
+import sys
+reload(sys)
+sys.setdefaultencoding('UTF8')
 
 DOCUMENTATION = """
     callback: grafana_annotations