diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8de84e0..1d5cd23 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-	id "fabric-loom" version "1.3-SNAPSHOT"
-	id "io.github.juuxel.loom-vineflower" version "1.11.0"
+	id "fabric-loom" version "1.4-SNAPSHOT"
 }
 
 version = project.mod_version
@@ -33,10 +32,6 @@ dependencies {
 	modImplementation include("me.lucko:fabric-permissions-api:0.2-SNAPSHOT")
 }
 
-vineflower {
-    toolVersion = "1.9.3"
-}
-
 loom {
 	accessWidenerPath = file("src/main/resources/" + base.archivesName.get() + ".accesswidener")
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 99f52f0..6704de8 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/skylands/config/SkylandsConfig.java b/src/main/java/skylands/config/SkylandsConfig.java
index 9df92c9..807c238 100644
--- a/src/main/java/skylands/config/SkylandsConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/skylands/config/SkylandsConfig.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ public static void init() {
 	public static SkylandsConfig read() {
 		String filePath = FabricLoader.getInstance().getConfigDir().resolve("skylands.json").toString();
 		try {
-			BufferedReader fixReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath));
+			BufferedReader fixReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 			var json = GSON.fromJson(fixReader, JsonObject.class);
 			boolean fixed = false;
 
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ public static SkylandsConfig read() {
 	public void save() {
 		try {
 			String filePath = FabricLoader.getInstance().getConfigDir().resolve("skylands.json").toString();
-			try(FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(filePath)) {
+			try(FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(filePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
 				writer.write(GSON.toJson(this));
 			}
 		}