diff --git a/weboob/applications/galleroob/galleroob.py b/weboob/applications/galleroob/galleroob.py
index a25bd6ff..9592ce1c 100644
--- a/weboob/applications/galleroob/galleroob.py
+++ b/weboob/applications/galleroob/galleroob.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class GalleryListFormatter(IFormatter):
 class Galleroob(ReplApplication):
     APPNAME = 'galleroob'
     VERSION = '0.9'
-    COPYRIGHT = 'Copyright(C) 2011 Noé Rubinstein'
+    COPYRIGHT = u'Copyright(C) 2011 Noé Rubinstein'
     DESCRIPTION = 'galleroob browses and downloads web image galleries'
     CAPS = ICapGallery
     EXTRA_FORMATTERS = {'gallery_list': GalleryListFormatter}
diff --git a/weboob/tools/application/repl.py b/weboob/tools/application/repl.py
index 119792fc..0704a6d5 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/application/repl.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/application/repl.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import atexit
 from cmd import Cmd
 import logging
+import locale
 from optparse import OptionGroup, OptionParser, IndentedHelpFormatter
 import os
 import sys
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ class ReplApplication(Cmd, ConsoleApplication):
         self.prompt = '%s> ' % self.APPNAME
         self.intro = '\n'.join(('Welcome to %s%s%s v%s' % (self.BOLD, self.APPNAME, self.NC, self.VERSION),
                                 '',
-                                '%s' % self.COPYRIGHT,
+                                self.COPYRIGHT.encode(sys.stdout.encoding or locale.getpreferredencoding()),
                                 'This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify',
                                 'it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by',
                                 'the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or',