diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 39ce5848..fc3bc760 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Bugs corrected:
     * Crash on startup: KeyError: 'hz_actual_raw' on Raspbian 9.1 #1170
     * Add missing mount-observe and system-observe interfaces #1179
     * OS specific arguments should be documented and reported #1180
+    * 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\U0001f4a9' in position 4: ordinal not in range(128) #1185
 
 Backward-incompatible changes:
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2db79e2a..f7f04dfe 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Glances - An eye on your system
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/scrutinizer/g/nicolargo/glances.svg
     :target: https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/nicolargo/glances/
 
+.. image:: https://app.fossa.io/api/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Fnicolargo%2Fglances.svg?type=shield
+    :target: https://app.fossa.io/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Fnicolargo%2Fglances?ref=badge_shield
+
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/Donate-PayPal-green.svg
     :target: https://www.paypal.me/nicolargo
 
diff --git a/glances/plugins/glances_wifi.py b/glances/plugins/glances_wifi.py
index 071bf414..9e2beb05 100644
--- a/glances/plugins/glances_wifi.py
+++ b/glances/plugins/glances_wifi.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import operator
 
+from glances.compat import u
 from glances.logger import logger
 from glances.plugins.glances_plugin import GlancesPlugin
 
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ class Plugin(GlancesPlugin):
             if len(hotspotname) > ifname_max_width:
                 hotspotname = '_' + hotspotname[-ifname_max_width + 1:]
             # Add the new hotspot to the message
-            msg = '{:{width}}'.format(hotspotname,
+            msg = '{:{width}}'.format(u(hotspotname),
                                       width=ifname_max_width)
             ret.append(self.curse_add_line(msg))
             msg = '{:>7}'.format(i['signal'], width=ifname_max_width)