diff --git a/VIPSWeb/local_settings_sample.py b/VIPSWeb/local_settings_sample.py
index 5f49103e21a9c0553088a137aee132a286ee5c1f..9b3994c650ea2786f49a639ac3f1e294a580d8da 100755
--- a/VIPSWeb/local_settings_sample.py
+++ b/VIPSWeb/local_settings_sample.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2016 NIBIO <http://www.nibio.no/>. 
 #