diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index a47a7629..0b978c14 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 # This file should contain all the record creation needed to seed the database with its default values.
 # The data can then be loaded with the rake db:seed (or created alongside the db with db:setup).
 #