diff --git a/src/config/schema-transformer/to_bgp.py b/src/config/schema-transformer/to_bgp.py
index f23e9499c72..0eb5d80d725 100644
--- a/src/config/schema-transformer/to_bgp.py
+++ b/src/config/schema-transformer/to_bgp.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 from gevent import monkey
 monkey.patch_all()
 import sys
+reload(sys)
+sys.setdefaultencoding('UTF8')
 import requests
 import ConfigParser
 import cgitb