diff --git a/commander b/commander
index 4fac4fe..2788a19 100755
--- a/commander
+++ b/commander
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ case $txt in
     [ -e account.key ] || openssl genrsa 4096 > account.key
     [ -e labca_key.pem ] || openssl genrsa 4096 > labca_key.pem
     san=$(openssl x509 -noout -text -in labca_cert.pem | grep DNS:)
-    openssl req -new -sha256 -key labca_key.pem -subj "/" -reqexts SAN -config <(cat /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf <(printf "[SAN]\nsubjectAltName=$san")) > domain.csr
+    openssl req -new -utf8 -sha256 -key labca_key.pem -subj "/" -reqexts SAN -config <(cat /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf <(printf "[SAN]\nsubjectAltName=$san")) > domain.csr
     url=$(grep 'DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_URL =' /home/labca/acme_tiny.py | sed -e 's/.*=[ ]*//' | sed -e 's/\"//g')
     wait_server $url
     sleep 10
diff --git a/gui/certificate.go b/gui/certificate.go
index 01fc855..9793de4 100644
--- a/gui/certificate.go
+++ b/gui/certificate.go
@@ -187,11 +187,11 @@ func (ci *CertificateInfo) Generate(path string, certBase string) error {
 	subject = strings.Replace(subject, " ", "\\\\", -1)
 
 	if ci.IsRoot {
-		if _, err := exeCmd("openssl req -config " + path + "openssl.cnf -days 3650 -new -x509 -extensions v3_ca -subj " + subject + " -key " + path + certBase + ".key -out " + path + certBase + ".pem"); err != nil {
+		if _, err := exeCmd("openssl req -config " + path + "openssl.cnf -days 3650 -new -utf8 -x509 -extensions v3_ca -subj " + subject + " -key " + path + certBase + ".key -out " + path + certBase + ".pem"); err != nil {
 			return reportError(err)
 		}
 	} else {
-		if _, err := exeCmd("openssl req -config " + path + "openssl.cnf -new -subj " + subject + " -key " + path + certBase + ".key -out " + path + certBase + ".csr"); err != nil {
+		if _, err := exeCmd("openssl req -config " + path + "openssl.cnf -new -utf8 -subj " + subject + " -key " + path + certBase + ".key -out " + path + certBase + ".csr"); err != nil {
 			return reportError(err)
 		}
 		if _, err := exeCmd("openssl ca -config " + path + "../openssl.cnf -extensions v3_intermediate_ca -days 3600 -md sha384 -notext -batch -in " + path + certBase + ".csr -out " + path + certBase + ".pem"); err != nil {
diff --git a/gui/main.go b/gui/main.go
index 865b911..ce94eee 100644
--- a/gui/main.go
+++ b/gui/main.go
@@ -1101,8 +1101,8 @@ func _manageGet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	backupFiles = backupFiles[:len(backupFiles)-1]
 	manageData["BackupFiles"] = backupFiles
 
-	manageData["RootDetails"] = _doCmdOutput(w, r, "openssl x509 -noout -text -in data/root-ca.pem")
-	manageData["IssuerDetails"] = _doCmdOutput(w, r, "openssl x509 -noout -text -in data/issuer/ca-int.pem")
+	manageData["RootDetails"] = _doCmdOutput(w, r, "openssl x509 -noout -text -nameopt utf8 -in data/root-ca.pem")
+	manageData["IssuerDetails"] = _doCmdOutput(w, r, "openssl x509 -noout -text -nameopt utf8 -in data/issuer/ca-int.pem")
 
 	manageData["Fqdn"] = viper.GetString("labca.fqdn")
 	manageData["Organization"] = viper.GetString("labca.organization")
diff --git a/install b/install
index 00886f3..ad4e9a7 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ COL_LIGHT_GREEN='\e[1;32m'
 COL_LIGHT_RED='\e[1;31m'
 TICK="[${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}✓${COL_NC}]"
 CROSS="[${COL_LIGHT_RED}✗${COL_NC}]"
-INFO="[i]"
+INFO="[.]"
 DONE="${COL_LIGHT_GREEN} done!${COL_NC}"
 OVER="\\r\\033[K"
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ copy_admin() {
     cd "$adminDir"
     git status --short &> /dev/null || rc=$?
     if [ $rc -gt 0 ]; then
-        git init >>$installLog
+        git init &>>$installLog
     fi
     git add --all &>/dev/null || true
     git commit --all --quiet -m "LabCA before update $runId" &>>$installLog && { msg_ok "Commit existing modifications of $adminDir"; msg_info "$msg"; } || true
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static_web() {
     cd /home/labca/nginx_data/static
     git status --short &> /dev/null || rc=$?
     if [ $rc -gt 0 ]; then
-        git init >>$installLog
+        git init &>>$installLog
     fi
     git add --all &>/dev/null || true
     git commit --all --quiet -m "LabCA before update $runId" &>>$installLog && { msg_ok "Commit existing modifications of $adminDir"; msg_info "$msg"; } || true
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ config_boulder() {
     local rc=0
     git status --short &> /dev/null || rc=$?
     if [ $rc -gt 0 ]; then
-        git init >>$installLog
+        git init &>>$installLog
     fi
     [ -d ".backup" ] || mkdir -p ".backup"