diff --git a/jira/exceptions.py b/jira/exceptions.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/jira/exceptions.py
+++ b/jira/exceptions.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import os
 import tempfile
added unicode literals to exceptions