diff --git a/googletrans/__init__.py b/googletrans/__init__.py
index f1463bf..9f818df 100644
--- a/googletrans/__init__.py
+++ b/googletrans/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Free Google Translate API for Python. Translates totally free of charge."""
 __all__ = 'Translator',
-__version_info__ = 2, 1, 0
+__version_info__ = 2, 1, 1
 __version__ = '.'.join(str(v) for v in __version_info__)
 
 
diff --git a/googletrans/gtoken.py b/googletrans/gtoken.py
index cfa4d50..34294a0 100644
--- a/googletrans/gtoken.py
+++ b/googletrans/gtoken.py
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ class TokenAcquirer(object):
             # append calculated value if l is less than 2048
             elif l < 2048:
                 e.append(l >> 6 | 192)
+                e.append(l)
             # append calculated value if l matches special condition
             elif (l & 64512) == 55296 and g + 1 < size and \
                     ord(text[g + 1]) & 64512 == 56320:
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index c264c62..2407ab0 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ def test_unicode(translator):
     assert result.text == u'こんにちは。'
 
 
+def test_special_chars(translator):
+    text = u"Copyright © Google"
+
+    result = translator.translate(text, src='en', dest='fr')
+    assert result.text == text
+
+
 def test_multiple_sentences(translator):
     text = u"""Architecturally, the school has a Catholic character.
 Atop the Main Building's gold dome is a golden statue of the Virgin Mary.