diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bandlab.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bandlab.py
index b14686ccf..c3b2dd7d9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bandlab.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bandlab.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor