Backend ERROR: UnicodeDecodeError

[jsaRETEN]

here's the log after running yarn dev

yarn dev
Starting Pointer app...
Mode: Interactive
Backend not running, starting it...
Starting Backend...
Waiting for backend to start...
[Backend ERROR] INFO:     Will watch for changes in these directories: ['C:\\Users\\NJMortal\\git\\Pointer\\App\\backend']
[Backend ERROR] INFO:     Uvicorn running on http://127.0.0.1:23816 (Press CTRL+C to quit)
INFO:     Started reloader process [12540] using StatReload
[Backend ERROR] Process SpawnProcess-1:
[Backend ERROR] Traceback (most recent call last):
[Backend ERROR] File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.3056.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\multiprocessing\process.py", line 314, in _bootstrap
    self.run()
  File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.3056.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\multiprocessing\process.py", line 108, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\uvicorn\_subprocess.py", line 76, in subprocess_started
    target(sockets=sockets)
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\uvicorn\server.py", line 61, in run
    return asyncio.run(self.serve(sockets=sockets))
  File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.3056.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\asyncio\runners.py", line 44, in run
    return loop.run_until_complete(main)
  File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.3056.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\asyncio\base_events.py", line 649, in run_until_complete
    return future.result()
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\uvicorn\server.py", line 68, in serve
    config.load()
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\uvicorn\config.py", line 467, in load
    self.loaded_app = import_from_string(self.app)
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\uvicorn\importer.py", line 21, in import_from_string
    module = importlib.import_module(module_str)
  File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.3056.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 883, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\git\Pointer\App\backend\backend.py", line 45, in <module>
    load_dotenv()
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\dotenv\main.py", line 364, in load_dotenv
    return dotenv.set_as_environment_variables()
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\dotenv\main.py", line 93, in set_as_environment_variables
    if not self.dict():
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\dotenv\main.py", line 76, in dict
    resolve_variables(raw_values, override=self.override)
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\dotenv\main.py", line 239, in resolve_variables
    for name, value in values:
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\dotenv\main.py", line 85, in parse
    for mapping in with_warn_for_invalid_lines(parse_stream(stream)):
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\dotenv\main.py", line 25, in with_warn_for_invalid_lines
    for mapping in mappings:
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\dotenv\parser.py", line 173, in parse_stream
    reader = Reader(stream)
  File "C:\Users\NJMortal\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\dotenv\parser.py", line 64, in __init__
    self.string = stream.read()
  File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.3056.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\codecs.py", line 322, in decode
    (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte

[memuguenstig-lab]

the .env file isnt correctly encoded, you can easily change the .env file to use UTF-8 encoding with notepad++ or smth or just use my fork which should fix that