diff --git a/apprise/AppriseAsset.py b/apprise/AppriseAsset.py
index b2275de3..cd732483 100644
--- a/apprise/AppriseAsset.py
+++ b/apprise/AppriseAsset.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ from os.path import join
 from os.path import dirname
 from os.path import isfile
 from os.path import abspath
-from locale import getpreferredencoding
 from .common import NotifyType
 
 
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ class AppriseAsset(object):
     interpret_escapes = False
 
     # Defines the encoding of the content passed into Apprise
-    encoding = getpreferredencoding()
+    encoding = 'utf-8'
 
     # For more detail see CWE-312 @
     #    https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/312.html
diff --git a/apprise/__init__.py b/apprise/__init__.py
index f4083498..7f2408da 100644
--- a/apprise/__init__.py
+++ b/apprise/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 
 __title__ = 'Apprise'
-__version__ = '0.9.7'
+__version__ = '0.9.8'
 __author__ = 'Chris Caron'
 __license__ = 'MIT'
 __copywrite__ = 'Copyright (C) 2022 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>'
diff --git a/apprise/i18n/apprise.pot b/apprise/i18n/apprise.pot
index bcab4ad2..8fc4a66e 100644
--- a/apprise/i18n/apprise.pot
+++ b/apprise/i18n/apprise.pot
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: apprise 0.9.7\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: apprise 0.9.8\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: lead2gold@gmail.com\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-02-02 14:27-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-04-19 12:42-0400\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Application Secret"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Attach"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Attach Filename"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Auth Token"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -119,6 +125,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Channels"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Click"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Client ID"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -152,6 +161,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Data Entries"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Delay"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Details"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -442,6 +454,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Server Timeout"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Show Status"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Silent Notification"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -601,6 +616,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Token C"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Topic"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Transmitter Groups"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec b/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec
index 102f2a03..c8beb424 100644
--- a/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec
+++ b/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Super Toasty, Streamlabs, Stride, Syslog, Techulus Push, Telegram, Twilio,
 Twitter, Twist, XBMC, XMPP, Webex Teams}
 
 Name:           python-%{pypi_name}
-Version:        0.9.7
+Version:        0.9.8
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A simple wrapper to many popular notification services used today
 License:        MIT
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ LANG=C.UTF-8 PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib} py.test-%{python3_version
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 18 2022 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com> - 0.9.8-1
+- Updated to v0.9.8
+
 * Wed Feb  2 2022 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com> - 0.9.7-1
 - Updated to v0.9.7
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9fb655cd..cb145239 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ else:
 
 setup(
     name='apprise',
-    version='0.9.7',
+    version='0.9.8',
     description='Push Notifications that work with just about every platform!',
     license='MIT',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),