diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
index b2c21a157..29dad9de0 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ const EditPage = createClass({
 		brew.text           = brew.text.normalize('NFC');
 		this.savedBrew.text = this.savedBrew.text.normalize('NFC');
 		brew.pageCount      = ((brew.renderer=='legacy' ? brew.text.match(/\\page/g) : brew.text.match(/^\\page$/gm)) || []).length + 1;
-		brew.patches        = stringifyPatches(makePatches(this.savedBrew.text, brew.text));
+		brew.patches        = stringifyPatches(makePatches(encodeURI(this.savedBrew.text), encodeURI(brew.text)));
 		brew.hash           = await md5(this.savedBrew.text);
 		//brew.text           = undefined; - Temporary parallel path
 		brew.textBin        = undefined;
diff --git a/server/app.js b/server/app.js
index 7b12baacd..869fe6555 100644
--- a/server/app.js
+++ b/server/app.js
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ app.get('/edit/:id', asyncHandler(getBrew('edit')), asyncHandler(async(req, res,
 		title       : req.brew.title || 'Untitled Brew',
 		description : req.brew.description || 'No description.',
 		image       : req.brew.thumbnail || defaultMetaTags.image,
+		locale      : req.brew.lang,
 		type        : 'article'
 	};
 
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index 29c9f3301..99ce0f1c4 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ const api = {
 		// ID Validation Checks
 		// Homebrewery ID
 		// Typically 12 characters, but the DB shows a range of 7 to 14 characters
-		if(!id.match(/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{7,14}$/)){
+		if(!id.match(/^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{7,14}$/)){
 			throw { name: 'ID Error', message: 'Invalid ID', status: 404, HBErrorCode: '11', brewId: id };
 		}
 		// Google ID
 		// Typically 33 characters, old format is 44 - always starts with a 1
 		// Managed by Google, may change outside of our control, so any length between 33 and 44 is acceptable
-		if(googleId && !googleId.match(/^1(?:[A-Za-z0-9+\/]{32,43})$/)){
+		if(googleId && !googleId.match(/^1(?:[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{32,43})$/)){
 			throw { name: 'Google ID Error', message: 'Invalid ID', status: 404, HBErrorCode: '12', brewId: id };
 		}
 
@@ -372,14 +372,14 @@ const api = {
 		try {
 			const patches = parsePatch(brewFromClient.patches);
 			// Patch to a throwaway variable while parallelizing - we're more concerned with error/no error.
-			const patchedResult = applyPatches(patches, brewFromServer.text, { allowExceedingIndices: true })[0];
+			const patchedResult = decodeURI(applyPatches(patches, encodeURI(brewFromServer.text))[0]);
 			if(patchedResult != brewFromClient.text)
 				throw("Patches did not apply cleanly, text mismatch detected");
 			// brew.text = applyPatches(patches, brewFromServer.text)[0];
 		} catch (err) {
 			//debugTextMismatch(brewFromClient.text, brewFromServer.text, `edit/${brewFromClient.editId}`);
 			console.error('Failed to apply patches:', {
-				patches : brewFromClient.patches,
+				//patches : brewFromClient.patches,
 				brewId  : brewFromClient.editId || 'unknown',
 				error   : err
 			});
@@ -534,4 +534,4 @@ router.delete('/api/:id', checkClientVersion, asyncHandler(api.deleteBrew));
 router.get('/api/remove/:id', checkClientVersion, asyncHandler(api.deleteBrew));
 router.get('/api/theme/:renderer/:id', asyncHandler(api.getThemeBundle));
 
-export default api;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default api;