diff --git a/tap_sftp/helper.py b/tap_sftp/helper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..935f2b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tap_sftp/helper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import simplejson as json
+import sys
+from singer import RecordMessage
+
+
+def format_message(message,ensure_ascii=True):
+    return json.dumps(message.asdict(), use_decimal=True, ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii)
+
+
+def write_message(message, ensure_ascii=True):
+    sys.stdout.write(format_message(message, ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii) + '\n')
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+def write_record(stream_name, record, stream_alias=None, time_extracted=None, ensure_ascii=True):
+    """Write a single record for the given stream.
+    
+    """
+    write_message(RecordMessage(stream=(stream_alias or stream_name),
+                                record=record,
+                                time_extracted=time_extracted), ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii)
diff --git a/tap_sftp/sync.py b/tap_sftp/sync.py
index aef90d6..1a723f2 100644
--- a/tap_sftp/sync.py
+++ b/tap_sftp/sync.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from singer import metadata, utils, Transformer
 from tap_sftp import client
 from tap_sftp import stats
+from tap_sftp.helper import write_record
 from singer_encodings import csv
 
 LOGGER = singer.get_logger()
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ def sync_file(conn, f, stream, table_spec, encoding_format):
 
                 to_write = transformer.transform(rec, stream.schema.to_dict(), metadata.to_map(stream.metadata))
 
-                singer.write_record(stream.tap_stream_id, to_write)
+                write_record(stream.tap_stream_id, to_write, ensure_ascii=False)
+                # singer.write_record(stream.tap_stream_id, to_write)
                 records_synced += 1
 
     stats.add_file_data(table_spec, f['filepath'], f['last_modified'], records_synced)