diff --git a/emacs/emacs.el b/emacs/emacs.el
index f5e00e1..edb5c49 100644
--- a/emacs/emacs.el
+++ b/emacs/emacs.el
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,user-temporary-file-directory t)))
 
 ;; set default input encoding
+(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8-unix)
 (set-language-environment "UTF-8")
 
 ;; disable startup screen