diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f2cf3b5fbd3d40181388e7b1ebffc3cf38521e23..d8eca139d4341e6da33118d2f757a5e03fc14921 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ Suggests:
 License: GPL-3 | file LICENSE
 URL: http://git.leg.ufpr.br/leg/legTools
 BugReports: http://git.leg.ufpr.br/leg/legTools/issues
-LazyData: false
+LazyData: true
+Encoding: UTF-8