diff --git a/mycli/config.py b/mycli/config.py
index 825a413b..0ce959f7 100644
--- a/mycli/config.py
+++ b/mycli/config.py
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ def read_config_files(files: list[str | TextIOWrapper], list_values: bool = True
 def create_default_config(list_values: bool = True) -> ConfigObj:
     import mycli
 
-    default_config_file = resources.open_text(mycli, "myclirc")
+    default_config_file = resources.files(mycli).joinpath('myclirc').open('r', encoding='utf-8')
     return read_config_file(default_config_file, list_values=list_values)
 
 
 def write_default_config(destination: str, overwrite: bool = False) -> None:
     import mycli
 
-    default_config = resources.read_text(mycli, "myclirc")
+    default_config = resources.files(mycli).joinpath('myclirc').read_text(encoding='utf-8')
     destination = os.path.expanduser(destination)
     if not overwrite and exists(destination):
         return
diff --git a/mycli/main.py b/mycli/main.py
index b63d12cd..e8c33436 100755
--- a/mycli/main.py
+++ b/mycli/main.py
@@ -1641,7 +1641,8 @@ def is_select(status: str | None) -> bool:
 def thanks_picker() -> str:
     import mycli
 
-    lines = (resources.read_text(mycli, "AUTHORS") + resources.read_text(mycli, "SPONSORS")).split("\n")
+    lines = (resources.files(mycli).joinpath('AUTHORS').read_text(encoding='utf-8') +
+             resources.files(mycli).joinpath('SPONSORS').read_text(encoding='utf-8')).split("\n")
 
     contents = []
     for line in lines: