diff --git a/examples/gae/showcase/main.py b/examples/gae/showcase/main.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/examples/gae/showcase/main.py
+++ b/examples/gae/showcase/main.py
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
 
 import os
 import logging
+import sys
+reload(sys)
+sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')
 
 import jinja2
 import webapp2
 from authomatic import Authomatic
 from authomatic.adapters import Webapp2Adapter
 
+
+
 # import config
 import config_public as config
Fixed utf-8 error.