diff --git a/ckanext/datastore/db.py b/ckanext/datastore/db.py
index 4dc41ff974d..414e0935321 100644
--- a/ckanext/datastore/db.py
+++ b/ckanext/datastore/db.py
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ def convert(data, type_name):
     if type_name.startswith('_'):
         sub_type = type_name[1:]
         return [convert(item, sub_type) for item in data]
+    if type_name == 'tsvector':
+        return unicode(data, 'utf-8')
     if isinstance(data, datetime.datetime):
         return data.isoformat()
     if isinstance(data, (int, float)):
diff --git a/ckanext/datastore/logic/action.py b/ckanext/datastore/logic/action.py
index 804fec1a197..1b90193a1bb 100644
--- a/ckanext/datastore/logic/action.py
+++ b/ckanext/datastore/logic/action.py
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ def datastore_search_sql(context, data_dict):
                      '(; equals chr(59)) and string concatenation (||). ')]
         })
 
-    p.toolkit.check_access('datastore_search', context, data_dict)
+    p.toolkit.check_access('datastore_search_sql', context, data_dict)
 
     data_dict['connection_url'] = pylons.config['ckan.datastore.read_url']
 
diff --git a/ckanext/datastore/logic/auth.py b/ckanext/datastore/logic/auth.py
index f99d7f45ae3..5a6e3329cc0 100644
--- a/ckanext/datastore/logic/auth.py
+++ b/ckanext/datastore/logic/auth.py
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ def datastore_delete(context, data_dict):
 def datastore_search(context, data_dict):
     return datastore_auth(context, data_dict, 'resource_show')
 
+@p.toolkit.auth_allow_anonymous_access
+def datastore_search_sql(context, data_dict):
+    return {'success': True}
 
 def datastore_change_permissions(context, data_dict):
     return datastore_auth(context, data_dict)
diff --git a/ckanext/datastore/plugin.py b/ckanext/datastore/plugin.py
index f91310ecdec..73103e67121 100644
--- a/ckanext/datastore/plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/datastore/plugin.py
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ def get_auth_functions(self):
                 'datastore_upsert': auth.datastore_upsert,
                 'datastore_delete': auth.datastore_delete,
                 'datastore_search': auth.datastore_search,
+                'datastore_search_sql': auth.datastore_search_sql,
                 'datastore_change_permissions': auth.datastore_change_permissions}
 
     def before_map(self, m):