--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/speedtest_cli.py b/speedtest_cli.py
+index d93d5c3..930e42b 100755
+--- a/speedtest_cli.py
++++ b/speedtest_cli.py
+@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ except ImportError:
+ def write(data):
+ if not isinstance(data, basestring):
+ data = str(data)
++ if isinstance(data, unicode):
++ data = data.encode('utf-8', 'ignore')
+ fp.write(data)
+
+ want_unicode = False
+@@ -635,7 +637,7 @@ def speedtest():
+ line = ('%(id)4s) %(sponsor)s (%(name)s, %(country)s) '
+ '[%(d)0.2f km]' % server)
+ serverList.append(line)
+- print_('\n'.join(serverList).encode('utf-8', 'ignore'))
++ print_('\n'.join(serverList))
+ sys.exit(0)
+ else:
+ servers = closestServers(config['client'])
+@@ -703,8 +705,8 @@ def speedtest():
+ best = getBestServer(servers)
+
+ if not args.simple:
+- print_(('Hosted by %(sponsor)s (%(name)s) [%(d)0.2f km]: '
+- '%(latency)s ms' % best).encode('utf-8', 'ignore'))
++ print_('Hosted by %(sponsor)s (%(name)s) [%(d)0.2f km]: '
++ '%(latency)s ms' % best)
+ else:
+ print_('Ping: %(latency)s ms' % best)
+
+--
+2.7.1
+