diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index da2ac9c..4d01880 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.5
\ No newline at end of file
+0.7.6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python_terraform/__init__.py b/python_terraform/__init__.py
index 3a183e0..f7a7634 100644
--- a/python_terraform/__init__.py
+++ b/python_terraform/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# above is for compatibility of python2
+
 import subprocess
 import os
 import json
diff --git a/python_terraform/tfstate.py b/python_terraform/tfstate.py
index 81e26a5..b0e1408 100644
--- a/python_terraform/tfstate.py
+++ b/python_terraform/tfstate.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# above is for compatibility of python2
+
 import json
 import os
 import logging