diff --git a/pero_ocr/char_confidences.py b/pero_ocr/char_confidences.py
index 25c870e..92f0e91 100644
--- a/pero_ocr/char_confidences.py
+++ b/pero_ocr/char_confidences.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import numpy as np
 
-
 def greedy_filtration(line_probs, chars):
     idx = -1
     text = ""
@@ -8,9 +7,9 @@ def greedy_filtration(line_probs, chars):
     probs = []
 
     for i, (char_index, max_prob) in enumerate(zip(np.argmax(line_probs, axis=1), np.max(line_probs, axis=1))):
-        if char_index != (line_probs.shape[1] - 1):
-            if (last_char != chars[char_index]):
-                text = text + chars[char_index]
+        if char_index != len(chars) - 1:
+            if last_char != chars[char_index]:
+                text += chars[char_index]
                 probs.append([max_prob])
                 idx += 1
                 last_char = chars[char_index]
@@ -21,6 +20,6 @@ def greedy_filtration(line_probs, chars):
             last_char = None
 
     for i, item in enumerate(probs):
-        probs[i] = sum(probs[i]) / len(probs[i])
+        probs[i] = sum(item) / len(item)
 
     return text, probs
diff --git a/pero_ocr/transcription_io.py b/pero_ocr/transcription_io.py
index fd06e13..20becfe 100644
--- a/pero_ocr/transcription_io.py
+++ b/pero_ocr/transcription_io.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 def save_transcriptions(path, transcriptions):
-    with open(path, 'w') as f:
+    with open(path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
         for key in transcriptions:
             f.write('{} {}\n'.format(key, transcriptions[key]))
 
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ def save_transcriptions(path, transcriptions):
 def load_transcriptions(path):
     transcriptions = {}
 
-    with open(path, "r") as f:
-        for line_no, line in enumerate(f):
-            if len(line) == 0:
+    with open(path, "r", encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        for line_no, line in enumerate(f, start=1):
+            line = line.strip()
+            if not line:
                 continue
 
             try:
@@ -24,8 +25,5 @@ def load_transcriptions(path):
 
 def parse_transcription_line(line):
     image_id, transcription = line.split(" ", maxsplit=1)
-
-    if transcription[-1] == '\n':
-        transcription = transcription[:-1]
-
+    transcription = transcription.rstrip()
     return image_id, transcription