diff --git a/plugins/correction.py b/plugins/correction.py
index e5b277e..517c6e3 100644
--- a/plugins/correction.py
+++ b/plugins/correction.py
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ def correction(inp, message=None, input=None, notice=None, db=None):
                 message = last_message[1].replace("\x01ACTION ", "/me ").replace("\x01", "")
             else:
                 message = last_message[1]
-            message("{} meant to say: {}".format(nick, message.replace(find, "\x02" + replace + "\x02")))
+            message(u"{} meant to say: {}".format(message.replace(find, "\x02" + replace + "\x02"), nick))
         else:
-            notice("{} can't be found in your last message".format(find))
+            notice(u"{} can't be found in your last message".format(find))
     else:
         if nick == input.nick:
-            notice("I haven't seen you say anything here yet")
+            notice(u"I haven't seen you say anything here yet")
         else:
-            notice("I haven't seen {} say anything here yet".format(nick))
+            notice(u"I haven't seen {} say anything here yet".format(nick))
diff --git a/plugins/reddit.py b/plugins/reddit.py
index 2b63bb6..cdf619b 100644
--- a/plugins/reddit.py
+++ b/plugins/reddit.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def reddit_url(match):
     timeago = thread.xpath("//div[@id='siteTable']//p[@class='tagline']/time/text()")[0]
     comments = thread.xpath("//div[@id='siteTable']//a[@class='comments']/text()")[0]
 
-    return '\x02{}\x02 - posted by \x02{}\x02 {} ago - {} upvotes, {} downvotes - {}'.format(
+    return u'\x02{}\x02 - posted by \x02{}\x02 {} ago - {} upvotes, {} downvotes - {}'.format(
         title, author, timeago, upvotes, downvotes, comments)