diff --git a/wordfence/cli/banner/banner.py b/wordfence/cli/banner/banner.py
index 9fc90f52..366d688c 100644
--- a/wordfence/cli/banner/banner.py
+++ b/wordfence/cli/banner/banner.py
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ def show_welcome_banner():
 
 
 def should_show_welcome_banner(banner_enabled):
-    return banner_enabled and sys.stdout.isatty()
+    return banner_enabled \
+            and sys.stdout.isatty() \
+            and sys.stdout.encoding == 'utf-8'
 
 
 def show_welcome_banner_if_enabled(config) -> None:
diff --git a/wordfence/cli/cli.py b/wordfence/cli/cli.py
index df8e1bbb..1cfedc44 100755
--- a/wordfence/cli/cli.py
+++ b/wordfence/cli/cli.py
@@ -102,6 +102,18 @@ def _get_cacheable_types(self) -> Set[str]:
     def display_help(self) -> None:
         self.helper.display_help(self.config.subcommand)
 
+    def configure_stdio(self) -> bool:
+        original_encoding = sys.stdout.encoding
+        sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore')
+        if original_encoding != 'utf-8':
+            log.warning(
+                    f'Encoding for stdout is {original_encoding} instead of '
+                    'utf-8'
+                )
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
     def invoke(self) -> int:
         with CliContext(
                     self.config,
@@ -110,11 +122,13 @@ def invoke(self) -> int:
                     self.allows_color
                 ) as context:
             context.initialize_logging()
+            stdio_changed = self.configure_stdio()
 
             if self.config.purge_cache:
                 context.cache.purge()
 
-            show_welcome_banner_if_enabled(self.config)
+            if not stdio_changed:
+                show_welcome_banner_if_enabled(self.config)
 
             if self.config.help:
                 self.display_help()
diff --git a/wordfence/util/io.py b/wordfence/util/io.py
index c2f4d65f..a3cb4bf8 100644
--- a/wordfence/util/io.py
+++ b/wordfence/util/io.py
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ def read_entry(self) -> Optional[str]:
                 self._buffer = self._buffer[index + 1:]
                 return entry
             elif not self._end_of_stream:
-                read = self.stream.read(self.chunk_size)
+                read = os.read(
+                        self.stream.fileno(),
+                        self.chunk_size
+                    ).decode(self.stream.encoding)
                 if read == '':
                     self._end_of_stream = True
                 self._buffer += read
diff --git a/wordfence/version.py b/wordfence/version.py
index 38913a4e..a072e793 100644
--- a/wordfence/version.py
+++ b/wordfence/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '3.0.1'
+__version__ = '3.0.2'
 __version_name__ = 'Ghost Rider'
diff --git a/wordfence/wordpress/identifier.py b/wordfence/wordpress/identifier.py
index e5df1e12..9055e829 100644
--- a/wordfence/wordpress/identifier.py
+++ b/wordfence/wordpress/identifier.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
         else:
             software = self.extension.get_name()
             version = self.extension.version
-        return f'{self.local_path} of {self.type} {software} ({version})'
+        return f'{self.local_path} of {self.type.value} {software} ({version})'
 
 
 class KnownPath: