UTF-8 chars aren't being loaded from config file correctly

I'm currently building out a number of i18n tests. The test starts by loading values from my UTF-8 file.

config content:
personality_hex=f00007d
country=US
hip-hop=off
lastname=auto-L-ÁÉÍÓÚÑÜáéíóúñü¿¡ºª«»€
month=10
pop=on
postalcode=84095
privateupdates=on
url=http://ÁÉÍÓÚÑÜáéíóúñü¿¡ºª«»€.utards.org
profileintro=automation profile ÁÉÍÓÚÑÜáéíóúñü¿¡ºª«»€-
pword=ÁÉÍÓÚÑÜáéíóúñü¿¡ºª«»€-pword-
pword2=ÁÉÍÓÚÑÜáéíóúñü¿¡ºª«»€-pword-
region=UT
timezone=Algiers, Berlin, Kinshasa, Lagos, Paris, Rome, Tun
twitter=twitÁÉÍÓÚÑÜ-
uname=auto-U-ÁÉÍÓÚÑÜ
year=1978
month=10
hip-hop=off
day=26
firstname=auto-F-ÁÉÍÓÚÑÜáéíóúñü¿¡ºª«»€
month=10
pop=on
count=668080
city=South JordanÁÉÍÓÚÑÜáéí
postalcode=84095

What it turns into:


Is there a fix for this, am I doing something stupid, or something else?