diff --git a/password_required/decorators.py b/password_required/decorators.py
index 9f930b1..f548627 100644
--- a/password_required/decorators.py
+++ b/password_required/decorators.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """ The password_required decorator for Django views """
 from functools import update_wrapper, wraps
 from django.contrib.auth import REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME
diff --git a/password_required/forms.py b/password_required/forms.py
index a782bfa..1a9383b 100644
--- a/password_required/forms.py
+++ b/password_required/forms.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from django import forms
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
diff --git a/password_required/models.py b/password_required/models.py
index 0c577cb..2dcfd19 100644
--- a/password_required/models.py
+++ b/password_required/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """ The mandatory models.py to make Django consider this to be an app. """
 from django.db import models
 
diff --git a/password_required/views.py b/password_required/views.py
index 142bfd3..173cb79 100644
--- a/password_required/views.py
+++ b/password_required/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site, RequestSite