diff --git a/plugins/bitcoin.py b/plugins/coins.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/bitcoin.py
rename to plugins/coins.py
diff --git a/plugins/twitter.py b/plugins/twitter.py
index 256ff71..4bf5fce 100755
--- a/plugins/twitter.py
+++ b/plugins/twitter.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def twitter(inp, bot=None):
             if e[0][0]['code'] == 34:
                 return "Could not find tweet."
             else:
-                return "Error {}: {}".format(e[0][0]['code'], e[0][0]['message'])
+                return u"Error {}: {}".format(e[0][0]['code'], e[0][0]['message'])
 
         user = tweet.user
 
@@ -59,21 +59,21 @@ def twitter(inp, bot=None):
             if e[0][0]['code'] == 34:
                 return "Could not find user."
             else:
-                return "Error {}: {}".format(e[0][0]['code'], e[0][0]['message'])
+                return u"Error {}: {}".format(e[0][0]['code'], e[0][0]['message'])
 
         # get the users tweets
         user_timeline = api.user_timeline(id=user.id, count=tweet_number + 1)
 
         # if the timeline is empty, return an error
         if not user_timeline:
-            return "The user \x02{}\x02 has no tweets.".format(user.screen_name)
+            return u"The user \x02{}\x02 has no tweets.".format(user.screen_name)
 
         # grab the newest tweet from the users timeline
         try:
             tweet = user_timeline[tweet_number]
         except IndexError:
             tweet_count = len(user_timeline)
-            return "The user \x02{}\x02 only has \x02{}\x02 tweets.".format(user.screen_name, tweet_count)
+            return u"The user \x02{}\x02 only has \x02{}\x02 tweets.".format(user.screen_name, tweet_count)
 
     elif re.match(r'^#\w+$', inp):
         # user is searching by hashtag
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def twitter(inp, bot=None):
     text = " ".join(tweet.text.split())
 
     if user.verified:
-        prefix = "+"
+        prefix = u"\u2713 "
     else:
         prefix = ""
 
@@ -126,17 +126,17 @@ def twuser(inp, bot=None):
             return "Unknown error"
 
     if user.verified:
-        prefix = "+"
+        prefix = u"\u2713 "
     else:
         prefix = ""
 
     if user.location:
-        loc_str = " is located in \x02{}\x02 and".format(user.location)
+        loc_str = u" is located in \x02{}\x02 and".format(user.location)
     else:
         loc_str = ""
 
     if user.description:
-        desc_str = " The users description is \"{}\"".format(user.description)
+        desc_str = u" The users description is \"{}\"".format(user.description)
     else:
         desc_str = ""