diff --git a/speedtest.py b/speedtest.py
index 8b8526a..3ad0a6a 100755
--- a/speedtest.py
+++ b/speedtest.py
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ def shell():
                 line = ('%(id)5s) %(sponsor)s (%(name)s, %(country)s) '
                         '[%(d)0.2f km]' % server)
                 try:
-                    print_(line)
+                    print_(line.encode('utf-8'))
                 except IOError:
                     e = get_exception()
                     if e.errno != errno.EPIPE: