diff --git a/snippets/text-mode/python-mode/class b/snippets/text-mode/python-mode/class
index 0fafc4a..a45923b 100644
--- a/snippets/text-mode/python-mode/class
+++ b/snippets/text-mode/python-mode/class
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # name: class
 # contributor: Orestis Markou
 # contributor: Nishio Hirokazu
diff --git a/snippets/text-mode/python-mode/def b/snippets/text-mode/python-mode/def
index 5444d10..0f1542f 100644
--- a/snippets/text-mode/python-mode/def
+++ b/snippets/text-mode/python-mode/def
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # name: def
 # contributor: Orestis Markou
 # contributor: Yasser González Fernández <yglez@uh.cu>
diff --git a/snippets/text-mode/python-mode/defm b/snippets/text-mode/python-mode/defm
index 088cb71..0e53903 100644
--- a/snippets/text-mode/python-mode/defm
+++ b/snippets/text-mode/python-mode/defm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # name: defm
-# contributor: Yasser Gonz¨¢lez Fern¨¢ndez <yglez@uh.cu>
+# contributor: Yasser Gonz¨¢lez Fern¨¢ndez <yglez@uh.cu>
 # --
 def ${1:name}(self, $2):
    """$3