1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/t/app/01app.t b/t/app/01app.t
index 596e0de47..7b933973b 100644
--- a/t/app/01app.t
+++ b/t/app/01app.t
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use utf8;
 
 package FixMyStreet::Cobrand::Tester;
 use parent 'FixMyStreet::Cobrand::FixaMinGata';
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ sub front_stats_data { { new => 0, fixed => 0, updates => 12345 } }
 
 package main;
 
+use Encode;
 use Test::More;
 use Catalyst::Test 'FixMyStreet::App';
 use charnames ':full';
@@ -19,8 +21,8 @@ SKIP: {
 FixMyStreet::override_config {
     ALLOWED_COBRANDS => [ 'tester' ],
 }, sub {
-    my $page = get('/');
-    my $num = "12 345";
+    my $page = decode_utf8(get('/'));
+    my $num = "12( | )345";
     like $page, qr/$num/;
 };
 }