update: add utf endcoding and comment away scheduler

server/main.py

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         print("Server running on port ", PORT)
 
         # Initialise the scheduler for updating lakes
-        update_scheduler()
+        # update_scheduler() NB temporarily removed for production
 
         # Run server indefinitely
         server.serve_forever()

server/scheduler.py

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ def update_scheduler():
     """Schedules the updating of all maps every three days"""
     print("Updating all lake data. This may take some time...")
 
-    # Parse all lake names to a list
-    with open(LAKE_RELATIONS_PATH + 'all_lake_names.json', 'r') as file:
+    # Parse all lake names to a list. Set encoding to utf-8 to retain scandinavian characters
+    with open(LAKE_RELATIONS_PATH + 'all_lake_names.json', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
         lake_names = json.load(file)
 
     # Run update_all_measurements on startup