diff --git a/yokadi/core/bugutils.py b/yokadi/core/bugutils.py
index a29a3b9a..3d4834a6 100644
--- a/yokadi/core/bugutils.py
+++ b/yokadi/core/bugutils.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def computeUrgency(keywordDict):
     likelihood = keywordDict[LIKELIHOOD_PROPERTY_NAME]
     severity = keywordDict[SEVERITY_PROPERTY_NAME]
     maxUrgency = LIKELIHOOD_LIST[-1][0] * SEVERITY_LIST[-1][0]
-    return 100 * likelihood * severity / maxUrgency
+    return int(100 * likelihood * severity / maxUrgency)
 
 
 def editBugKeywords(keywordDict):
diff --git a/yokadi/ycli/tui.py b/yokadi/ycli/tui.py
index c279f9f7..49c8b977 100644
--- a/yokadi/ycli/tui.py
+++ b/yokadi/ycli/tui.py
@@ -14,14 +14,11 @@
 import time
 import unicodedata
 import re
+import locale
 from getpass import getpass
 
 from yokadi.ycli import colors as C
 
-# Default user encoding. Used to decode all input strings
-# This is the central yokadi definition of encoding - this constant is imported from all other modules
-# Beware of circular import definition when add dependencies to this module
-
 # Number of seconds between checks for end of process
 PROC_POLL_INTERVAL = 0.5
 # Number of seconds between checks for file modification
@@ -57,8 +54,9 @@ def editText(text, onChanged=None, lockManager=None, prefix="yokadi-"):
     @param lockManager: function parameter that is called to 'acquire', 'update' or 'release' an editing lock
     @param prefix: temporary file prefix.
     @return: newText"""
+    encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
     def readFile(name):
-        with open(name, encoding='utf-8') as data:
+        with open(name, encoding=encoding) as data:
             return str(data.read())
 
     def waitProcess(proc):
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ def waitProcess(proc):
     try:
         if lockManager:
             lockManager.acquire()
-        fl = open(name, "w", encoding='utf-8')
+        fl = open(name, "w", encoding=encoding)
         fl.write(text)
         fl.close()
         editor = os.environ.get("EDITOR", "vi")