diff --git a/aux_functions.py b/aux_functions.py
index 1ec4116..fb9aa84 100644
--- a/aux_functions.py
+++ b/aux_functions.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def plot_time_circle(time, count, title, save_path):
     footer_text = "www.aqeel-anwar.com/AnalyzeTheChat"
     plt.figtext(0.55, 0.98, footer_text)
 
-    name = save_path[0] + "/" + title + "." + save_path[1]
+    name = save_path[0] + "\\" + title + "." + save_path[1]
 
     # plt_bytes = buf.getvalue()
     # buf.close()
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ def plot_bar(x, y, title, save_path, max_limit=0):
     small = cv2.cvtColor(small, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
     height = small.shape[0]
     f.figimage(small, 5, f.bbox.ymax - 1.4 * height)
-    name = save_path[0] + "/" + title + "." + save_path[1]
+    name = save_path[0] + "\\" + title + "." + save_path[1]
+    name = name.replace('-','').replace('<','')
     footer_text = "www.aqeel-anwar.com/AnalyzeTheChat"
     plt.figtext(0.75, 0.98, footer_text)
     print(name)
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index f376e89..ad1d605 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def process_chat(file_path):
     args = parser.parse_args()
     args.path = file_path
 
-    chat = open(args.path, mode="r")
+    chat = open(args.path, mode="r", encoding='utf-8')
     chat = chat.read()
     st = T.time()
     df, df_extended = crawl_the_chat(chat)