diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 13c486b..d64f6be 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 ### Implemented enhancements
 
+- Added append functionality to the note command ([#201](https://github.com/pubs/pubs/pull/201) by [DV Klopfenstein](http://github.com/dvklopfenstein))
 - New git plugin to commit changes to the repository ([#191](https://github.com/pubs/pubs/pull/191) by [Amlesh Sivanantham](http://github.com/zamlz))
 - The import command now warn, rather than fail on existing citekeys. ([#198](https://github.com/pubs/pubs/pull/198) by [Kyle Sunden](https://github.com/ksunden))
 - Add `citekey` filter to `query` ([#193](https://github.com/pubs/pubs/pull/193) by [Shane Stone](https://github.com/shanewstone))
diff --git a/pubs/commands/note_cmd.py b/pubs/commands/note_cmd.py
index cb0ddee..9466566 100644
--- a/pubs/commands/note_cmd.py
+++ b/pubs/commands/note_cmd.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .. import p3
 from .. import repo
 from ..uis import get_ui
 from ..utils import resolve_citekey
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ def command(conf, args):
     if args.append is None:
         ui.edit_file(notepath, temporary=False)
     else:
-        latestnote = '{txt}\n'.format(txt=args.append)
+        latestnote = '{txt}\n'.format(txt=p3.u_maybe(args.append))
         write_file(notepath, latestnote, 'a')
     NoteEvent(citekey).send()
     rp.close()
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 44210b9..e42b9bc 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -156,3 +156,4 @@ You can access the self-documented configuration by using `pubs conf`, and all t
 - [Kyle Sunden](https://github.com/ksunden)
 - [Shane Stone](https://github.com/shanewstone)
 - [Amlesh Sivanantham](http://github.com/zamlz)
+- [DV Klopfenstein](http://github.com/dvklopfenstein)
diff --git a/tests/fake_env.py b/tests/fake_env.py
index dad816d..6d790a3 100644
--- a/tests/fake_env.py
+++ b/tests/fake_env.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import io
 import os
 import shutil
 import glob
+import locale
 
 import dotdot
 
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@ real_io      = io
 original_exception_handler = uis.InputUI.handle_exception
 
 
+# needed to get locale.getpreferredencoding(False) (invoked by pyfakefs)
+# to work properly
+locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+
+
 # capture output
 
 def capture(f, verbose=False):
diff --git a/tests/test_note_append.py b/tests/test_note_append.py
index f50843c..c3009f2 100644
--- a/tests/test_note_append.py
+++ b/tests/test_note_append.py
@@ -45,23 +45,24 @@ class TestNoteAppend(DataCommandTestCase):
         # Test multiword line.
         #   * Pass the command split into a command and its args to
         #     execute_cmdsplit, which is called by execute_cmds:
-        #cmds = [('pubs note Page99 -a "xxx yyy"')]
         cmd_split = ['pubs', 'note', 'Page99', '-a', 'xxx yyy']
         self.execute_cmdsplit(cmd_split, expected_out=None, expected_err=None)
         note_lines.append('xxx yyy')
         self.assertFileContentEqual(fin_notes, self._get_note_content(note_lines))
 
-        # # https://github.com/pubs/pubs/pull/201#discussion_r305274071
-        # # Test adding Chinese characters
-        # cmds = [('pubs note Page99 -a \347\350\346\345')]
-        # self.execute_cmds(cmds)
-        # note_lines.append('\347\350\346\345')
-        # self.assertFileContentEqual(fin_notes, self._get_note_content(note_lines))
-        # # Test adding Japanese character
-        # cmds = [('pubs note Page99 -a ソ')]
-        # self.execute_cmds(cmds)
-        # note_lines.append('ソ')
-        # self.assertFileContentEqual(fin_notes, self._get_note_content(note_lines))
+    def test_note_append_unicode(self):
+        fin_notes = os.path.join(self.note_dir, 'Page99.txt')
+        # https://github.com/pubs/pubs/pull/201#discussion_r305274071
+        # Test adding Chinese characters
+        cmds = [('pubs note Page99 -a \347\350\346\345')]
+        self.execute_cmds(cmds)
+        note_lines = ['\347\350\346\345']
+        self.assertFileContentEqual(fin_notes, self._get_note_content(note_lines))
+        # Test adding Japanese character
+        cmds = [('pubs note Page99 -a ソ')]
+        self.execute_cmds(cmds)
+        note_lines.append('ソ')
+        self.assertFileContentEqual(fin_notes, self._get_note_content(note_lines))
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_note_content(note_lines):