diff --git a/.ignore b/.ignore
index 49868fdef..726475789 100644
--- a/.ignore
+++ b/.ignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 man/
 todo-files/
+docs/
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 910eb7140..90b787e77 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Suggests:
     eaf,
     covr
 LazyData: yes
+Encoding: UTF-8
 ByteCompile: yes
 Version: 1.0.0
 RoxygenNote: 6.0.1