diff --git a/isso/utils/__init__.py b/isso/utils/__init__.py
index d707b99..de3be2b 100644
--- a/isso/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/isso/utils/__init__.py
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ class Bloomfilter:
 class JSONRequest(Request):
 
     if werkzeug.version.startswith("0.8"):
-        def get_data(self):
+        def get_data(self, **kw):
             return self.data.decode('utf-8')
 
     def get_json(self):
         try:
-            return json.loads(self.get_data().decode('utf-8'))
+            return json.loads(self.get_data(as_text=True))
         except ValueError:
             raise BadRequest('Unable to read JSON request')
diff --git a/isso/views/comment.py b/isso/views/comment.py
index 01c7449..1566700 100644
--- a/isso/views/comment.py
+++ b/isso/views/comment.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def new(app, environ, request, uri):
     for field in set(data.keys()) - set(['text', 'author', 'website', 'email', 'parent']):
         data.pop(field)
 
-    if not data.get("text"):
+    if "text" not in data or data["text"] is None or len(data["text"]) < 3:
         raise BadRequest("no text given")
 
     if "id" in data and not isinstance(data["id"], int):
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def single(app, environ, request, id):
     if request.method == 'PUT':
         data = request.get_json()
 
-        if data.get("text") is not None and len(data['text']) < 3:
+        if "text" not in data or data["text"] is None or len(data["text"]) < 3:
             raise BadRequest("no text given")
 
         for key in set(data.keys()) - set(["text", "author", "website"]):
diff --git a/specs/test_comment.py b/specs/test_comment.py
index 07ef3a9..3b4818f 100644
--- a/specs/test_comment.py
+++ b/specs/test_comment.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
@@ -92,6 +94,18 @@ class TestComments(unittest.TestCase):
         assert rv["mode"] == 1
         assert rv["text"] == '<p>Lorem ipsum ...</p>\n'
 
+    def textCreateWithNonAsciiText(self):
+
+        rv = self.post('/new?uri=%2Fpath%2F', data=json.dumps({'text': 'Здравствуй, мир!'}))
+
+        assert rv.status_code == 201
+        assert any(filter(lambda header: header[0] == 'Set-Cookie', rv.headers))
+
+        rv = loads(rv.data)
+
+        assert rv["mode"] == 1
+        assert rv["text"] == '<p>Здравствуй, мир!</p>\n'
+
     def testCreateMultiple(self):
 
         a = self.post('/new?uri=test', data=json.dumps({'text': '...'}))
diff --git a/specs/test_cors.py b/specs/test_cors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29