diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index 3f40771..be203cb 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ set background=dark
 colorscheme solarized
 " transparancy for background
 "hi Normal guibg=NONE ctermbg=NONE
+
+" utf-8 encoding
+set encoding=utf8
+set fileencoding=utf8