diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 84e4b21..f358ea0 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ repos:
     -   id: check-toml
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer
     -   id: trailing-whitespace
-    -   id: fix-encoding-pragma
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
     rev: 23.1.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b39f4dd..3d073e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@
 [![Apache 2.0 License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-APACHEv2-brightgreen.svg)](https://github.com/cvxgrp/cvxcli/blob/master/LICENSE)
 [![PyPI download month](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/cvxcli.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cvxcli/)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/cvxgrp/simulator/badge.png?branch=main)](https://coveralls.io/github/cvxgrp/cvxcli?branch=main)
-
diff --git a/cvx/cli/smallest_eigenvalue.py b/cvx/cli/smallest_eigenvalue.py
index 5493bb2..dca7512 100644
--- a/cvx/cli/smallest_eigenvalue.py
+++ b/cvx/cli/smallest_eigenvalue.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import fire  # type: ignore
 import numpy as np
 
diff --git a/cvx/cli/weather.py b/cvx/cli/weather.py
index f2099f1..82ddc24 100644
--- a/cvx/cli/weather.py
+++ b/cvx/cli/weather.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import fire  # type: ignore
 import requests  # type: ignore
 
diff --git a/tests/test_trivial.py b/tests/test_trivial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50b2c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_trivial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def test_trivial():
+    assert True