diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 926242ea4..55c7194dd 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# 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).
 #