diff --git a/tests/at.chk b/tests/at.chk
index 2e457f6..d66d298 100644
--- a/tests/at.chk
+++ b/tests/at.chk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 blob
 mark :1
 data 43
-The quick brown fox jumped @t the lazy dog.
+The quick brown fox jumped @t the lazy dg.
 commit refs/heads/master
 mark :2
 committer foo <foo> 101200 +0000
diff --git a/tests/at.tst b/tests/at.tst
index f237c10..dfb8bcb 100644
--- a/tests/at.tst
+++ b/tests/at.tst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
 ## Verify parsing of escaped at on final line
 
 import sys, testlifter
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ repo.init()
 repo.module("module")
 co = repo.checkout("module", "at.checkout")
 
-co.write("README", "The quick brown fox jumped @t the lazy dog.")
+co.write("README", "The quick brown fox jumped @t the lazy dg.")
 co.add("README")
 co.commit("This is a sample commit")
 
