From 3781dcfc1cc5aa7c565592b0a49a95553c245c38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moyamo <moyamodehacker@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 18:48:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Handle case when buddy has no status message

---
 buddy.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/buddy.py b/buddy.py
index 1cdb433..2aa004c 100644
--- a/buddy.py
+++ b/buddy.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from Spectrum2 import protocol_pb2
 
 import logging
 import time
+import utils
 
 
 class Buddy():
@@ -106,7 +107,10 @@ class BuddyList(dict):
 		self.logger.debug(u"%s received statuses of: %s", self.user, contacts)
 		for number, (status, time) in contacts.iteritems():
 			buddy = self[number]
-			buddy.statusMsg = status.decode(u'utf-8')
+			if status is None:
+				buddy.statusMessage = ""
+			else:
+				buddy.statusMsg = utils.softToUni(status)
 			self.updateSpectrum(buddy)