diff --git a/lib/techniques/error/use.py b/lib/techniques/error/use.py
index 61700edcb..7559b34c7 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/error/use.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/error/use.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from lib.core.common import calculateDeltaSeconds
 from lib.core.common import dataToSessionFile
 from lib.core.common import dataToStdout
 from lib.core.common import extractRegexResult
+from lib.core.common import getUnicode
 from lib.core.common import initTechnique
 from lib.core.common import isNumPosStrValue
 from lib.core.common import listToStrValue
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ def __oneShotErrorUse(expression, field):
                 if threadData.lastRedirectMsg and threadData.lastRedirectMsg[0] == \
                 threadData.lastRequestUID else None, re.DOTALL | re.IGNORECASE)
 
+        output = getUnicode(output, kb.pageEncoding)
+
         if isinstance(output, basestring):
             output = htmlunescape(output).replace("<br>", "\n")
 
diff --git a/lib/techniques/inband/union/use.py b/lib/techniques/inband/union/use.py
index 0fd2c953f..81bde9fe6 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/inband/union/use.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/inband/union/use.py
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ def __oneShotUnionUse(expression, unpack=True):
             or extractRegexResult(check, removeReflectiveValues(listToStrValue(headers.headers \
             if headers else None), payload), re.DOTALL | re.IGNORECASE)
 
+    output = getUnicode(output, kb.pageEncoding)
+
     return output
 
 def configUnion(char=None, columns=None):