diff --git a/patroncards/members-search.pl b/patroncards/members-search.pl
index ef7a7760f1..8ab249bc1e 100755
--- a/patroncards/members-search.pl
+++ b/patroncards/members-search.pl
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ my $startfrom = $cgi->param('startfrom')||1;
 my $resultsperpage = $cgi->param('resultsperpage')||C4::Context->preference("PatronsPerPage")||20;
 my $category = $cgi->param('category') || undef;
 my $member = $cgi->param('member') || '';
+utf8::decode($member);
 my $orderby = $cgi->param('orderby') || undef;
 
 my @categories=C4::Category->all;
diff --git a/tags/review.pl b/tags/review.pl
index 3b7a0a0b43..540592444e 100755
--- a/tags/review.pl
+++ b/tags/review.pl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use warnings;
 use strict;
 use Data::Dumper;
 use POSIX;
-use CGI;
+use CGI qw/-utf8/;
 use CGI::Cookie; # need to check cookies before having CGI parse the POST request
 
 use C4::Auth qw(:DEFAULT check_cookie_auth);