diff --git a/winpython/__init__.py b/winpython/__init__.py
index 321e47f7..828a2c8f 100644
--- a/winpython/__init__.py
+++ b/winpython/__init__.py
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
 OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 """
 
-__version__ = '7.0.20231022'
+__version__ = '7.0.20231103'
 __license__ = __doc__
 __project_url__ = 'http://winpython.github.io/'
diff --git a/winpython/data/packages.ini b/winpython/data/packages.ini
index 02ec2b85..e739d789 100644
--- a/winpython/data/packages.ini
+++ b/winpython/data/packages.ini
@@ -3712,3 +3712,21 @@ description = Fast N-dimensional aggregation functions with Numba
 [numpy-groupies]
 description = Optimised tools for group-indexing operations: aggregated sum and more.
 
+[deepmerge]
+description = a toolset to deeply merge python dictionaries.
+
+[ragna]
+description = RAG orchestration framework
+
+[emoji]
+description = Emoji for Python
+
+[huey]
+description = huey, a little task queue
+
+[pydantic-settings]
+description = Settings management using Pydantic
+
+[questionary]
+description = Python library to build pretty command line user prompts ⭐️
+
diff --git a/winpython/wppm.py b/winpython/wppm.py
index 65eadc6a..2e8045ef 100644
--- a/winpython/wppm.py
+++ b/winpython/wppm.py
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ def get_package_metadata(database, name, gotoWWW=False, update=False):
     # we store only  normalized names now (PEP 503)
     db = cp.ConfigParser()
     try:
-        db.read_file(open(str(Path(DATA_PATH) / database)), encoding = 'utf-8')
+        db.read_file(open(str(Path(DATA_PATH) / database), encoding = 'utf-8'))
     except:
-         db.read_file(open(str(Path(DATA_PATH) / database)))
+        db.read_file(open(str(Path(DATA_PATH) / database)))
     my_metadata = dict(
         description="",
         url="https://pypi.org/project/" + name,
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def get_package_metadata(database, name, gotoWWW=False, update=False):
         try:
             db[normalize(name)] = {}
             db[normalize(name)]["description"] = my_metadata["description"]
-            with open(str(Path(DATA_PATH) / database), "w") as configfile:
+            with open(str(Path(DATA_PATH) / database), "w",  encoding='UTF-8') as configfile:
                 db.write(configfile)
         except:
             pass