diff --git a/ietf/templates/base/icons.html b/ietf/templates/base/icons.html
index 493edc2cd..59634ec6e 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/base/icons.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/base/icons.html
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
+ color="{% if server_mode and server_mode == 'production' %}#ffffff{% else %}#ffc4c4{% endif %}">
+ content="{% if server_mode and server_mode == 'production' %}#ffffff{% else %}#ffc4c4{% endif %}">
\ No newline at end of file
+ content="{% if server_mode and server_mode == 'production' %}#ffffff{% else %}#ffc4c4{% endif %}">
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ietf/templates/doc/htmlized_base.html b/ietf/templates/doc/htmlized_base.html
index 5f84e6894..e3624c0df 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/doc/htmlized_base.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/doc/htmlized_base.html
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
{% block morecss %}{% endblock %}
- {% block pagehead %}{% endblock %}\
+ {% block pagehead %}{% endblock %}
{% include "base/icons.html" %}
diff --git a/ietf/utils/test_runner.py b/ietf/utils/test_runner.py
index 77c82d2fd..2592216bd 100644
--- a/ietf/utils/test_runner.py
+++ b/ietf/utils/test_runner.py
@@ -997,10 +997,9 @@ class IetfTestRunner(DiscoverRunner):
for msg in json.loads(result)["messages"]:
if vnu_filter_message(msg, False, True):
continue
- errors = vnu_fmt_message(file, msg, content)
-
- if errors:
- testcase.fail(errors)
+ errors = vnu_fmt_message(file, msg, content.decode("utf-8"))
+ if errors:
+ testcase.fail(errors)
tmpdir.cleanup()