--- units_cur.orig	2026-02-01 14:00:09.000000000 +1100
+++ units_cur	2026-02-01 14:12:55.000000000 +1100
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
     if currency_file == '-':
         codecs.StreamReader(stdout, codecs.getreader('utf8')).write(currency_text)
     else:    
-        with codecs.open(currency_file, 'w', 'utf8') as of:
+        with open(currency_file, 'w', encoding='utf8') as of:
             of.write(currency_text)
 except IOError as e:
     stderr.write('Unable to write to output file:\n{}\n'.format(e))