diff --git a/smash/web/models/worker.py b/smash/web/models/worker.py
index 85037ed18446e0149e3e8ef8d417eb666cec6ab2..6f8dec148528d61074af238e158ff46d405d0134 100644
--- a/smash/web/models/worker.py
+++ b/smash/web/models/worker.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class Worker(models.Model):
             start_date = start_date.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0)
             end_date = start_date + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
 
-        office_availability = OfficeAvailability('{} {}'.format(self.first_name, self.last_name), start=start_date, end=end_date)
+        office_availability = OfficeAvailability(u'{} {}'.format(self.first_name, self.last_name), start=start_date, end=end_date)
 
         #Appointments
         subject_appointments = AppointmentTypeLink.objects.filter(worker=self.id, date_when__gte=start_date, date_when__lte=end_date)
diff --git a/smash/web/tests/test_office_availability.py b/smash/web/tests/test_office_availability.py
index b1184285f2c0c768d27ce8874f3cf776f474f9d0..0bfbc6355204244d24c8b90f0aeafff314e038aa 100644
--- a/smash/web/tests/test_office_availability.py
+++ b/smash/web/tests/test_office_availability.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# coding=utf-8
 import logging
 
 from django.test import TestCase
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ class OfficeAvailabilityTest(TestCase):
 		start_date = datetime.datetime(today.year, today.month, today.day, tzinfo=today.tzinfo) #today midnight
 		end_date = start_date + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
 
-		office_availability = OfficeAvailability('FirstName LastName', 
+		office_availability = OfficeAvailability(u'{} {}'.format('âêîôûŵŷäëïöüẅÿà', 'èìòùẁỳáéíóúẃýćńóśźżąę'), 
 			start=start_date, end=end_date, office_start='8:00', office_end='18:00')
 		
 		#no availabilties added yet