diff --git a/rhinopython/SampleArrayCrv.py b/rhinopython/SampleArrayCrv.py
index 77cc88b7..86fc26df 100644
--- a/rhinopython/SampleArrayCrv.py
+++ b/rhinopython/SampleArrayCrv.py
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ def SampleArrayCrv():
 # Check to see if this file is being executed as the "main" python
 # script instead of being used as a module by some other python script
 # This allows us to use the module which ever way we want.   
-    SampleArrayCrv()
\ No newline at end of file
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    SampleArrayCrv()
diff --git a/rhinopython/SampleExportUTF8.py b/rhinopython/SampleExportUTF8.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86abace3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rhinopython/SampleExportUTF8.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+################################################################################
+# SampleExportUTF8.py
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Robert McNeel & Associates.
+# See License.md in the root of this repository for details.
+################################################################################
+import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
+import System
+
+# Python is extremely finnicky with non-ascii strings. 
+# Explicitly encode all strings to utf-8. 
+def SampleExportUTF8():
+    
+    # extract texts in the model
+    textList = []
+    for o in rs.AllObjects():
+        if rs.IsText(o):
+        	# explicitly encode to utf-8
+            s = rs.TextObjectText(o).encode('utf-8')
+            textList.append(s)
+    
+    # create a filename variable
+    path = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop)
+    filename = System.IO.Path.Combine(path, 'SampleExportUTF8.csv');
+    
+    file = open(filename, 'w')
+    
+    # create and write a header for the CSV file
+    headerList = [u'Index',u'中国',u'English',u'Français']
+    
+    # explicitly encode to utf-8
+    headerList = [i.encode('utf-8') for i in headerList]
+    header = u"{}\n".format(u';'.join(headerList))
+    file.write(header)
+    
+    # create and write a line in CSV file for every text in the model
+    lineList=[]
+    i = 0
+    for text in textList:
+        line = [str(i),text]
+        i += 1
+        lineList.append(line)
+    
+    for line in lineList:
+        fileLine = u';'.join(line)+u'\n'
+        file.write(fileLine)
+    
+    file.close()
+    
+# Check to see if this file is being executed as the "main" python
+# script instead of being used as a module by some other python script
+# This allows us to use the module which ever way we want.   
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    SampleExportUTF8()