diff --git a/grammars/roleplay.gbnf b/grammars/roleplay.gbnf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47222641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grammars/roleplay.gbnf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+phrasePattern ::= "*" [A-ZÀ-Ü] ( [A-Za-z'.?!,:;-à-üÀ-Ü0-9]+ " " )* [A-Za-z'.?!,:;-à-üÀ-Ü0-9]+ "*"
+quotedText ::= "\"" [A-ZÀ-Ü] [A-Za-z'.*?!,:;-à-üÀ-Ü0-9]* (" " [A-Za-z'.*?!,:;-à-üÀ-Ü0-9]+)* "\""
+root ::= phrasePattern singleSpace quotedText singleSpace phrasePattern singleSpace quotedText singleSpace (phrasePattern singleSpace quotedText singleSpace)?
+singleSpace ::= " "
diff --git a/modules/ui_parameters.py b/modules/ui_parameters.py
index fafdcacc..63a3743a 100644
--- a/modules/ui_parameters.py
+++ b/modules/ui_parameters.py
@@ -115,6 +115,6 @@ def get_truncation_length():
 def load_grammar(name):
     p = Path(f'grammars/{name}')
     if p.exists():
-        return open(p, 'r').read()
+        return open(p, 'r', encoding='utf-8').read()
     else:
         return ''