diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index acc76e3..d2bdbd9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.5.20 (2019-05-23)
+-------------------
+- Fix #199
+
 0.5.19 (2019-05-23)
 -------------------
 - Add support for file-like objects for replace_media (#197)
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 8bbc432..b2f5f1a 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -23,60 +23,87 @@
         },
         "jinja2": {
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-                "sha256:f84be1bb0040caca4cea721fcbbbbd61f9be9464ca236387158b0feea01914a4"
+                "sha256:065c4f02ebe7f7cf559e49ee5a95fb800a9e4528727aec6f24402a5374c65013",
+                "sha256:14dd6caf1527abb21f08f86c784eac40853ba93edb79552aa1e4b8aef1b61c7b"
             ],
-            "version": "==2.10"
+            "version": "==2.10.1"
         },
         "lxml": {
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+                "sha256:b91cfe4438c741aeff662d413fd2808ac901cc6229c838236840d11de4586d63",
+                "sha256:bdb0593a42070b0a5f138b79b872289ee73c8e25b3f0bea6564e795b55b6bcdd",
+                "sha256:c4e4bca2bb68ce22320297dfa1a7bf070a5b20bcbaec4ee023f83d2f6e76496f",
+                "sha256:cec4ab14af9eae8501be3266ff50c3c2aecc017ba1e86c160209bb4f0423df6a",
+                "sha256:e83b4b2bf029f5104bc1227dbb7bf5ace6fd8fabaebffcd4f8106fafc69fc45f",
+                "sha256:e995b3734a46d41ae60b6097f7c51ba9958648c6d1e0935b7e0ee446ee4abe22",
+                "sha256:f679d93dec7f7210575c85379a31322df4c46496f184ef650d3aba1484b38a2d",
+                "sha256:fd213bb5166e46974f113c8228daaef1732abc47cb561ce9c4c8eaed4bd3b09b",
+                "sha256:fdcb57b906dbc1f80666e6290e794ab8fb959a2e17aa5aee1758a85d1da4533f",
+                "sha256:ff424b01d090ffe1947ec7432b07f536912e0300458f9a7f48ea217dd8362b86"
             ],
-            "version": "==4.2.3"
+            "version": "==4.3.3"
         },
         "markupsafe": {
             "hashes": [
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+                "sha256:7c1699dfe0cf8ff607dbdcc1e9b9af1755371f92a68f706051cc8c37d447c905",
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+                "sha256:8defac2f2ccd6805ebf65f5eeb132adcf2ab57aa11fdf4c0dd5169a004710e7d",
+                "sha256:98c7086708b163d425c67c7a91bad6e466bb99d797aa64f965e9d25c12111a5e",
+                "sha256:9add70b36c5666a2ed02b43b335fe19002ee5235efd4b8a89bfcf9005bebac0d",
+                "sha256:9bf40443012702a1d2070043cb6291650a0841ece432556f784f004937f0f32c",
+                "sha256:ade5e387d2ad0d7ebf59146cc00c8044acbd863725f887353a10df825fc8ae21",
+                "sha256:b00c1de48212e4cc9603895652c5c410df699856a2853135b3967591e4beebc2",
+                "sha256:b1282f8c00509d99fef04d8ba936b156d419be841854fe901d8ae224c59f0be5",
+                "sha256:b2051432115498d3562c084a49bba65d97cf251f5a331c64a12ee7e04dacc51b",
+                "sha256:ba59edeaa2fc6114428f1637ffff42da1e311e29382d81b339c1817d37ec93c6",
+                "sha256:c8716a48d94b06bb3b2524c2b77e055fb313aeb4ea620c8dd03a105574ba704f",
+                "sha256:cd5df75523866410809ca100dc9681e301e3c27567cf498077e8551b6d20e42f",
+                "sha256:e249096428b3ae81b08327a63a485ad0878de3fb939049038579ac0ef61e17e7"
             ],
-            "version": "==1.0"
+            "version": "==1.1.1"
         },
         "python-docx": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:55ece6fd4a4fa3389909fa0e51400fce428e1fb6f6ef3599cbba31673441f184"
+                "sha256:ba9f2a7ca391b78ab385d796b38af3f21bab23c727fc8e0c5e630448d1a11fe3"
             ],
-            "version": "==0.8.6"
+            "version": "==0.8.7"
         },
         "six": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:70e8a77beed4562e7f14fe23a786b54f6296e34344c23bc42f07b15018ff98e9",
-                "sha256:832dc0e10feb1aa2c68dcc57dbb658f1c7e65b9b61af69048abc87a2db00a0eb"
+                "sha256:3350809f0555b11f552448330d0b52d5f24c91a322ea4a15ef22629740f3761c",
+                "sha256:d16a0141ec1a18405cd4ce8b4613101da75da0e9a7aec5bdd4fa804d0e0eba73"
             ],
-            "version": "==1.11.0"
+            "version": "==1.12.0"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/docxtpl/__init__.py b/docxtpl/__init__.py
index af76ede..5f8d556 100644
--- a/docxtpl/__init__.py
+++ b/docxtpl/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Created : 2015-03-12
 '''
 import functools
 
-__version__ = '0.5.19'
+__version__ = '0.5.20'
 
 from lxml import etree
 from docx import Document
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9722f93..b5b3819 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 
 # To register onto Pypi :
 # python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel upload
@@ -29,7 +30,11 @@ News
 
 def get_version(pkg):
     path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),pkg,'__init__.py')
-    with open(path, encoding='utf-8') as fh:
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
+        fh = open(path, encoding='utf-8')   # required to read utf-8 file on windows
+    else:
+        fh = open(path) # encoding parameter does not exist in python 2
+    with fh:
         m = re.search(r'^__version__\s*=\s*[\'"]([^\'"]+)[\'"]',fh.read(),re.M)
     if m:
         return m.group(1)