# Load error in Python script

**URL:** <https://forum.uipath.com/t/load-error-in-python-script/170623>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** studio, python, error, activities\
**Created:** [November 22, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/load-error-in-python-script/170623 "2019-11-22T07:48:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Manikandan.T](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/manikandan.t/32/113521_2.png) [@Manikandan.T](https://forum.uipath.com/u/Manikandan.T)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/load-error-in-python-script/170623/1 "2019-11-22T07:48:16Z")

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Hi all,

SyntaxError : (“(unicode error) ‘utf-8’ codec can’t decode byte 0x97 in position 7: invalid start byte”, (‘none’, 50, 35, None))\*\*

I have a problem while loading the python script. Please do suggest some solution regarding the issue.

Thanks,  
Manikandan Thangaraj

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**Author:** ![Palaniyappan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/palaniyappan/32/524095_2.png) [@Palaniyappan](https://forum.uipath.com/u/Palaniyappan)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/load-error-in-python-script/170623/2 "2019-11-22T10:38:21Z")

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Kindly have a view on this thread

> [@Python 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xa3](https://forum.uipath.com/t/python-utf-8-codec-cant-decode-byte-0xa3/110538/5):
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> Had to look into the issue again to explain. the solution to the issue to add a “load python script” prior to my big code, which imports certain libraries, in order to run my other code. so basically had to split it

Cheers @Manikandan.T