diff --git a/couchpotato/core/_base/_core/main.py b/couchpotato/core/_base/_core/main.py
index 58bd1d19..0e178de3 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/_base/_core/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/_base/_core/main.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Core(Plugin):
 
 
     def md5Password(self, value):
-        return md5(value) if value else ''
+        return md5(value.encode(Env.get('encoding'))) if value else ''
 
     def checkApikey(self, value):
         return value if value and len(value) > 3 else uuid4().hex
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/auth.py b/couchpotato/core/auth.py
index 032bdf28..0111b9ab 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/auth.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/auth.py
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ def requires_auth(f):
     @wraps(f)
     def decorated(*args, **kwargs):
         auth = getattr(request, 'authorization')
-        if Env.setting('username') and Env.setting('password') and (not auth or not check_auth(auth.username, md5(auth.password))):
-            return authenticate()
+        if Env.setting('username') and Env.setting('password'):
+            if (not auth or not check_auth(auth.username.decode('latin1'), md5(auth.password.decode('latin1').encode(Env.get('encoding'))))):
+                return authenticate()
 
         return f(*args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/helpers/request.py b/couchpotato/core/helpers/request.py
index 07aa18e8..3c6558b1 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/helpers/request.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/helpers/request.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import toUnicode
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import natcmp
 from flask.globals import current_app
 from flask.helpers import json, make_response
-from libs.werkzeug.urls import url_decode
 from urllib import unquote
+from werkzeug.urls import url_decode
 import flask
 import re
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def dictToList(params):
 
 def getParam(attr, default = None):
     try:
-        return toUnicode(unquote(getattr(flask.request, 'args').get(attr, default)))
+        return getParams().get(attr, default)
     except:
         return default