diff --git a/jedi/_compatibility.py b/jedi/_compatibility.py
index 85b74133..78abf874 100644
--- a/jedi/_compatibility.py
+++ b/jedi/_compatibility.py
@@ -182,3 +182,8 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     # python 2.5
     import simplejson as json
+
+try:
+    encoding = sys.stdout.encoding
+except AttributeError:
+    encoding = 'ascii'
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate.py b/jedi/evaluate.py
index 3c8cb69a..84173c6c 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ backtracking algorithm.
 
 .. todo:: nonlocal statement, needed or can be ignored? (py3k)
 """
-from _compatibility import next, hasattr, is_py3k, unicode
+from _compatibility import next, hasattr, is_py3k, unicode, utf8
 
 import sys
 import itertools
diff --git a/jedi/parsing_representation.py b/jedi/parsing_representation.py
index b6a4646a..fd8ee013 100644
--- a/jedi/parsing_representation.py
+++ b/jedi/parsing_representation.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import re
 import tokenize
 
 from _compatibility import next, literal_eval, cleandoc, Python3Method, \
-                            property
+                            property, encoding
 import common
 import debug
 
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ class Simple(Base):
         self._end_pos = value
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        code = self.get_code().replace('\n', ' ')
-        return "<%s: %s@%s>" % \
-                (type(self).__name__, code, self.start_pos[0])
+        code = self.get_code().replace('\n', ' ').encode(encoding, 'replace')
+        return '<%s: %s@%s>' % (type(self).__name__, code, self.start_pos[0])
 
 
 class Scope(Simple):
diff --git a/test/regression.py b/test/regression.py
index 30916979..c115d0f6 100755
--- a/test/regression.py
+++ b/test/regression.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class TestRegression(TestBase):
         completions1 = self.complete(s1)
         assert 'strip' in [c.word for c in completions1]
         s2 = utf8('#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-\nclass Person():\n    name = "é"\n\nPerson().name.')
-        completions = self.complete(s2)
+        completions2 = self.complete(s2)
         assert 'strip' in [c.word for c in completions2]
 
     def test_os_nowait(self):