diff --git a/plugins/rand-quote/rand-quote.plugin.zsh b/plugins/rand-quote/rand-quote.plugin.zsh
index 5544ca56..c3bf6234 100644
--- a/plugins/rand-quote/rand-quote.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/rand-quote/rand-quote.plugin.zsh
@@ -5,13 +5,24 @@
 # Don't remove this header, thank you
 # Usage: quote
 
+WHO_COLOR="\e[0;33m"
+TEXT_COLOR="\e[0;35m"
+COLON_COLOR="\e[0;35m"
+END_COLOR="\e[m"
+
 if [[ -x `which curl` ]]; then
     function quote()
     {
-        Q=$(curl -s --connect-timeout 2 "http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3" | grep -m 1 "dt ")
+        Q=$(curl -s --connect-timeout 2 "http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3" | iconv -c -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 | grep -m 1 "dt ")
         TXT=$(echo "$Q" | sed -e 's/<\/dt>.*//g' -e 's/.*html//g' -e 's/^[^a-zA-Z]*//' -e 's/<\/a..*$//g')
         W=$(echo "$Q" | sed -e 's/.*\/quotes\///g' -e 's/<.*//g' -e 's/.*">//g')
-        echo "\e[0;33m${W}\e[0;30m: \e[0;35m“${TXT}”\e[m"
+        if [ "$W" -a "$TXT" ]; then
+          echo "${WHO_COLOR}${W}${COLON_COLOR}: ${TEXT_COLOR}“${TXT}”${END_COLOR}"
+        else
+          quote
+        fi
     }
     #quote
+else
+    echo "rand-quote plugin needs curl to work" >&2
 fi