diff --git a/devel/site-list.py b/devel/site-list.py
index 047b2264..e0fd21d5 100644
--- a/devel/site-list.py
+++ b/devel/site-list.py
@@ -1,39 +1,45 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # This module generates the listing of supported sites which can be found in
-# sites.md. It also organizes all the sites in alphanumeric order
+# sites.mdx. It also organizes all the sites in alphanumeric order
 import json
 import os
 
-
 DATA_REL_URI: str = "sherlock_project/resources/data.json"
 
+DEFAULT_ENCODING = "utf-8"
+
 # Read the data.json file
-with open(DATA_REL_URI, "r", encoding="utf-8") as data_file:
+with open(DATA_REL_URI, "r", encoding=DEFAULT_ENCODING) as data_file:
     data: dict = json.load(data_file)
 
 # Removes schema-specific keywords for proper processing
-social_networks: dict = dict(data)
+social_networks = data.copy()
 social_networks.pop('$schema', None)
 
 # Sort the social networks in alphanumeric order
-social_networks: list = sorted(social_networks.items())
+social_networks = sorted(social_networks.items())
 
 # Make output dir where the site list will be written
 os.mkdir("output")
 
-# Write the list of supported sites to sites.md
-with open("output/sites.mdx", "w") as site_file:
-    site_file.write("---\ntitle: 'List of supported sites'\nsidebarTitle: 'Supported sites'\nicon: 'globe'\ndescription: 'Sherlock currently supports **400+** sites'\n---\n\n")
+# Write the list of supported sites to sites.mdx
+with open("output/sites.mdx", "w", encoding=DEFAULT_ENCODING) as site_file:
+    site_file.write("---\n")
+    site_file.write("title: 'List of supported sites'\n")
+    site_file.write("sidebarTitle: 'Supported sites'\n")
+    site_file.write("icon: 'globe'\n")
+    site_file.write("description: 'Sherlock currently supports **400+** sites'\n")
+    site_file.write("---\n\n")
+
     for social_network, info in social_networks:
         url_main = info["urlMain"]
         is_nsfw = "**(NSFW)**" if info.get("isNSFW") else ""
         site_file.write(f"1. [{social_network}]({url_main}) {is_nsfw}\n")
 
 # Overwrite the data.json file with sorted data
-with open(DATA_REL_URI, "w") as data_file:
+with open(DATA_REL_URI, "w", encoding=DEFAULT_ENCODING) as data_file:
     sorted_data = json.dumps(data, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
     data_file.write(sorted_data)
-    data_file.write("\n")
+    data_file.write("\n")  # Keep the newline after writing data
 
 print("Finished updating supported site listing!")
-