diff --git a/pppadump/commands/index.py b/pppadump/commands/index.py
index 48408dd..66e1b0e 100644
--- a/pppadump/commands/index.py
+++ b/pppadump/commands/index.py
@@ -340,14 +340,11 @@ def main (args):
                         # strip output dir....
                         relpath = Path(*vpath.parts[1:])
 
-                        v["url"] = os.path.join(indexurl, relpath)
-
-                                    
-
+                        v["url"] = os.path.join(indexurl, relpath.as_posix())
 
 
     if args.output:
-        with open(args.output, "w") as f:
+        with open(args.output, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             print (template.render(vars(args)), file=f)
     else:
         print (template.render(vars(args)))