diff --git a/src/bitmessagemain.py b/src/bitmessagemain.py
index 6f796939..f30e011a 100755
--- a/src/bitmessagemain.py
+++ b/src/bitmessagemain.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python2.7
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright (c) 2012-2016 Jonathan Warren
 # Copyright (c) 2012-2016 The Bitmessage developers
 # Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license. See the accompanying