diff --git a/cookbooks/colab/templates/00-custom_settings.py.erb b/cookbooks/colab/templates/00-custom_settings.py.erb
index 67881fa..eacd8b2 100644
--- a/cookbooks/colab/templates/00-custom_settings.py.erb
+++ b/cookbooks/colab/templates/00-custom_settings.py.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 ## Set to false in production
 DEBUG = False
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = False
--
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