diff --git a/portable.py b/portable.py
index 8c24a09..cfa07f8 100644
--- a/portable.py
+++ b/portable.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ def bypass_paywall(url):
     Bypass paywall for a given url
     """
     response = requests.get(url, headers=googlebot_headers)
+    response.encoding = response.apparent_encoding
     return response.text