diff --git a/lib/motion/version.rb b/lib/motion/version.rb
index 9473f741..30a35223 100644
--- a/lib/motion/version.rb
+++ b/lib/motion/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 # Copyright (c) 2012, HipByte SPRL and contributors
 # All rights reserved.
 #