diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4391d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+*.yaml text eol=lf
+*.py text eol=lf
+*.md text eol=lf
+*.sql text eol=lf
+*.bat text eol=lf
+*.sh text eol=lf
+*.json text eol=lf
+*.txt text eol=lf
+*.csv text eol=lf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/cleanyaml.py b/bin/cleanyaml.py
index 89925b3..01add49 100644
--- a/bin/cleanyaml.py
+++ b/bin/cleanyaml.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def main():
 
     for x in yfiles:
         print("Doing: {}".format(x))
-        with open(x, 'r') as r:
+        with open(x, 'r', encoding="utf8") as r:
             data = yaml.full_load(r)
             if x == "feats.yaml":
                 for i in data['feat']:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def main():
 
 
         final = yaml.safe_dump(data, allow_unicode=True)
-        with open(x, 'w') as f:
+        with open(x, 'w', encoding="utf8") as f:
             f.write(final)
         print("\tDone.")