diff --git a/www/conservancy/apps/assignment/terms.py b/www/conservancy/apps/assignment/terms.py
index c8703f2edb0d6618e0be97ed45678f6c322f129b..e25482dd2d5e3a462eec57960285003ea84d924e 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/apps/assignment/terms.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/apps/assignment/terms.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import textwrap
 
 TERMS = textwrap.dedent("""\