diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 7dffe99..bafa2dd 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.1.5
+####  version: 1.1.6
 ####  Date: August 2 2009
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
@@ -3076,25 +3076,27 @@ get_sensors_data()
 		# we have to be sure we are working with the actual real string before assiging
 		# data to real variables and arrays. Extracting C/F degree unit as well to use
 		# when constructing temp items for array.
+		# note that because of charset issues, no tempUnit="°" tempWorkingUnit degree sign 
+		# used, but it is required in testing regex to avoid error.
 		/^(M\/B|MB|SYS)(.*)\+([0-9]+)(.*)[ \t°](C|F)/ && $2 ~ /^[ \t]*\+([0-9]+)/ {
 			moboTemp=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]*)(.*)/, "\\1", 1, $2 )
 			tempWorkingUnit=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)[ \t°]+([CF])(.*)/, "\\2", 1, $2 )
 			if ( tempWorkingUnit ~ /^C|F$/ && tempUnit == "" ){
-				tempUnit="°" tempWorkingUnit
+				tempUnit=tempWorkingUnit
 			}
 		}
 		/^CPU(.*)\+([0-9]+)(.*)[ \t°](C|F)/ && $2 ~ /^[ \t]*\+([0-9]+)/ {
 			cpuTemp=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)(.*)/, "\\1", 1, $2 )
 			tempWorkingUnit=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)[ \t°]+([CF])(.*)/, "\\2", 1, $2 )
 			if ( tempWorkingUnit ~ /^C|F$/ && tempUnit == "" ){
-				tempUnit="°" tempWorkingUnit
+				tempUnit=tempWorkingUnit
 			}
 		}
 		/^(P\/S|Power)(.*)\+([0-9]+)(.*)[ \t°](C|F)/ && $2 ~ /^[ \t]*\+([0-9]+)/ {
 			psuTemp=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)(.*)/, "\\1", 1, $2 )
 			tempWorkingUnit=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)[ \t°]+([CF])(.*)/, "\\2", 1, $2 )
 			if ( tempWorkingUnit ~ /^C|F$/ && tempUnit == "" ){
-				tempUnit="°" tempWorkingUnit
+				tempUnit=tempWorkingUnit
 			}
 		}
 		$1 ~ /^temp1$/ && $2 ~ /^[ \t]*\+([0-9]+)/ {
@@ -3104,7 +3106,7 @@ get_sensors_data()
 			}
 			tempWorkingUnit=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)[ \t°]+([CF])(.*)/, "\\2", 1, $2 )
 			if ( tempWorkingUnit ~ /^C|F$/ && tempUnit == "" ){
-				tempUnit="°" tempWorkingUnit
+				tempUnit=tempWorkingUnit
 			}
 		}
 		$1 ~ /^temp2$/ && $2 ~ /^[ \t]*\+([0-9]+)/ {
@@ -3114,7 +3116,7 @@ get_sensors_data()
 			}
 			tempWorkingUnit=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)[ \t°]+([CF])(.*)/, "\\2", 1, $2 )
 			if ( tempWorkingUnit ~ /^C|F$/ && tempUnit == "" ){
-				tempUnit="°" tempWorkingUnit
+				tempUnit=tempWorkingUnit
 			}
 		}
 		
@@ -3127,7 +3129,7 @@ get_sensors_data()
 			}
 			tempWorkingUnit=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)[ \t°]+([CF])(.*)/, "\\2", 1, $2 )
 			if ( tempWorkingUnit ~ /^C|F$/ && tempUnit == "" ){
-				tempUnit="°" tempWorkingUnit
+				tempUnit=tempWorkingUnit
 			}
 		}