diff --git a/iTunesParser.py b/iTunesParser.py
index e6f41f2..03db4fb 100644
--- a/iTunesParser.py
+++ b/iTunesParser.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 """
---> Parse library and just do JSON
+--> Parse library and just do JSON adapted for Elasticsearch
 
 iTunes Graph Parser
 
@@ -210,17 +210,17 @@ defaultOutputFile = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/es-music-dat
 # Get options
 parser = OptionParser(version="%prog 1.0")
 parser.add_option('-f', '--file', dest='file', type='string',
-        help='iTunes Library XML file path',
-        default=defaultLibraryFile)
+                  help='iTunes Library XML file path',
+                  default=defaultLibraryFile)
 parser.add_option('-o', '--output', dest='output', type='string',
-        help='Output to file (default=./js/music-data.json)',
-        default=defaultOutputFile)
+                  help='Output to file (default=./js/music-data.json)',
+                  default=defaultOutputFile)
 parser.add_option('-c', '--console', dest='console', action='store_true',
-        help='Output to console instead of file')
+                  help='Output to console instead of file')
 parser.add_option('-p', '--jsonp', dest='jsonp', action='store_true',
-        help='Output in JSON-P format')
+                  help='Output in JSON-P format')
 parser.add_option('-v', '--verbose', dest='verbose', action='store_true',
-        help='Verbose output')
+                  help='Verbose output')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
@@ -235,5 +235,5 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         print(output)
     else:
         with io.open(options.output, 'wb') as outfile:
-            outfile.write(output)
+            outfile.write(bytes(output, 'UTF-8'))
         print('JSON data written to: ' + options.output)