diff --git a/salt/overstate.py b/salt/overstate.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/salt/overstate.py
+++ b/salt/overstate.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-7 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 '''
 Manage the process of the overstate. The overstate is a means to orchestrate
 the deployment of states over groups of servers.
How the hell did I add `utf-7` instead of `utf-8`.