diff --git a/plugins/ufm_log_analyzer_plugin/src/loganalyze/log_analyzer.py b/plugins/ufm_log_analyzer_plugin/src/loganalyze/log_analyzer.py
index c20ded1c..8abe2138 100755
--- a/plugins/ufm_log_analyzer_plugin/src/loganalyze/log_analyzer.py
+++ b/plugins/ufm_log_analyzer_plugin/src/loganalyze/log_analyzer.py
@@ -354,7 +354,8 @@ def create_analyzer(parsed_args, full_extracted_logs_list,
         LINK_FLAPPING = str(links_flapping_analyzer.get_link_flapping_last_week() \
                             if links_flapping_analyzer else "No link flapping info")
         # PDF creator gets all the images and to add to the report
-        TEXT = text + os.linesep + FABRIC_INFO + os.linesep + "Link Flapping:" + os.linesep + LINK_FLAPPING
+        TEXT = text + os.linesep + FABRIC_INFO + os.linesep + \
+        "Link Flapping:" + os.linesep + LINK_FLAPPING
         pdf = PDFCreator(pdf_path, pdf_header, png_images, TEXT)
         pdf.created_pdf()
         # Generated a report that can be located in the destination
diff --git a/plugins/ufm_log_analyzer_plugin/src/loganalyze/log_analyzers/console_log_analyzer.py b/plugins/ufm_log_analyzer_plugin/src/loganalyze/log_analyzers/console_log_analyzer.py
index b709bd59..11aeb3a7 100644
--- a/plugins/ufm_log_analyzer_plugin/src/loganalyze/log_analyzers/console_log_analyzer.py
+++ b/plugins/ufm_log_analyzer_plugin/src/loganalyze/log_analyzers/console_log_analyzer.py
@@ -38,7 +38,14 @@ def _extract_ufm_version(logs_csvs):
             temp_file = csv_file + ".temp"
 
             # Open the input CSV file for reading
-            with open(csv_file, mode='r', newline='') as infile, open(temp_file, mode='w', newline='') as outfile:
+            with open(csv_file,
+                      mode='r',
+                      newline='',
+                      encoding=DataConstants.UTF8ENCODING) as infile, \
+                open(temp_file,
+                     mode='w',
+                     newline='',
+                     encoding=DataConstants.UTF8ENCODING) as outfile:
                 reader = csv.DictReader(infile)
                 fieldnames = reader.fieldnames  # Get the header from the CSV
                 writer = csv.DictWriter(outfile, fieldnames=fieldnames)
@@ -49,7 +56,8 @@ def _extract_ufm_version(logs_csvs):
                 # Iterate through each row in the input CSV
                 for row in reader:
                     if row['type'] == 'ufm_version':
-                        # If the type is 'ufm_version', save the row and don't write it to the new file
+                        # If the type is 'ufm_version',
+                        # save the row and don't write it to the new file
                         ufm_versions.add(row['data'])
                     else:
                         # Write the row to the new CSV file
diff --git a/plugins/ufm_log_analyzer_plugin/src/loganalyze/log_parsing/console_log_regex.py b/plugins/ufm_log_analyzer_plugin/src/loganalyze/log_parsing/console_log_regex.py
index ddee9582..315ac3ee 100644
--- a/plugins/ufm_log_analyzer_plugin/src/loganalyze/log_parsing/console_log_regex.py
+++ b/plugins/ufm_log_analyzer_plugin/src/loganalyze/log_parsing/console_log_regex.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 )
 
 def ufm_version(match: Match):
-    ufm_version = match.group()
-    return (None, "ufm_version", ufm_version)
+    ufm_version_text = match.group()
+    return (None, "ufm_version", ufm_version_text)
 
 def console_log_exception(match: Match):
     timestamp = match.group(1)