diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 92c36d0f771873037e90789590fd778bda2b8bb8..5c4b0a2b2f6c878891fe05c34e840f2e03e124eb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: latin1 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from setuptools import setup