diff --git a/awx/main/notifications/custom_notification_base.py b/awx/main/notifications/custom_notification_base.py
index f3a9e1e3c8..22d04f6511 100644
--- a/awx/main/notifications/custom_notification_base.py
+++ b/awx/main/notifications/custom_notification_base.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Ansible, Inc.
 # All Rights Reserved.
+# -*-coding:utf-8-*-
 
 
 class CustomNotificationBase(object):