--- /c/Users/janis_000/OneDrive/tmp/__init__.py	2015-09-22 23:11:12.000000000 +0300
+++ /c/Users/janis_000/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python35/Lib/logging/__init__.py	2016-03-21 22:34:45.018889800 +0200
@@ -1692,6 +1692,8 @@
               filename, rather than a StreamHandler.
     filemode  Specifies the mode to open the file, if filename is specified
               (if filemode is unspecified, it defaults to 'a').
+    encoding  Specifies the encoding of the log file (if not specified it
+              defaults to None which means that the system locale is used).
     format    Use the specified format string for the handler.
     datefmt   Use the specified date/time format.
     style     If a format string is specified, use this to specify the
@@ -1740,8 +1742,9 @@
             if handlers is None:
                 filename = kwargs.pop("filename", None)
                 mode = kwargs.pop("filemode", 'a')
+                encoding = kwargs.pop("encoding", None)
                 if filename:
-                    h = FileHandler(filename, mode)
+                    h = FileHandler(filename, mode, encoding)
                 else:
                     stream = kwargs.pop("stream", None)
                     h = StreamHandler(stream)