diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index cf16fad1..a15d97ef 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ end
 # Instiki-specific configuration below
 require_dependency 'instiki_errors'
 
-require 'jcode'
+#require 'jcode'
diff --git a/lib/chunks/wiki.rb b/lib/chunks/wiki.rb
index 27168c87..a57fc5a0 100644
--- a/lib/chunks/wiki.rb
+++ b/lib/chunks/wiki.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module WikiChunk
     attr_reader :escaped_text
 
     unless defined? WIKI_WORD
-      WIKI_WORD = Regexp.new('(":)?(\\\\)?(' + WikiWords::WIKI_WORD_PATTERN + ')\b', 0, "utf-8")
+      WIKI_WORD = Regexp.new('(":)?(\\\\)?(' + WikiWords::WIKI_WORD_PATTERN + ')\b', 0)
     end
 
     def self.pattern
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ module WikiChunk
 
     unless defined? WIKI_LINK
       WIKI_LINK = /(":)?\[\[\s*([^\]\s][^\]]+?)\s*\]\]/
-      LINK_TYPE_SEPARATION = Regexp.new('^(.+):((file)|(pic))$', 0, 'utf-8')
-      ALIAS_SEPARATION = Regexp.new('^(.+)\|(.+)$', 0, 'utf-8')
-      WEB_SEPARATION = Regexp.new('^(.+):(.+)$', 0, 'utf-8')
+      LINK_TYPE_SEPARATION = Regexp.new('^(.+):((file)|(pic))$', 0)
+      ALIAS_SEPARATION = Regexp.new('^(.+)\|(.+)$', 0)
+      WEB_SEPARATION = Regexp.new('^(.+):(.+)$', 0)
     end
 
     def self.pattern() WIKI_LINK end
diff --git a/lib/rdocsupport.rb b/lib/rdocsupport.rb
index 0aaf842f..b518a651 100644
--- a/lib/rdocsupport.rb
+++ b/lib/rdocsupport.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ begin
   require "rdoc/markup/simple_markup"
   require 'rdoc/markup/simple_markup/to_html'
 rescue LoadError
-  # use old version if available
-  require 'markup/simple_markup'
-  require 'markup/simple_markup/to_html'
+  # Ruby 1.9
+  require "rdoc/markup"
+  require 'rdoc/markup/to_html'
+  module SM
+    class SimpleMarkup < RDoc::Markup
+    end
+    class ToHtml <RDoc::Markup::ToHtml
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 module RDocSupport
@@ -149,4 +155,4 @@ class RDocFormatter
   end
 end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/lib/wiki_words.rb b/lib/wiki_words.rb
index 8f2b154f..51303d89 100644
--- a/lib/wiki_words.rb
+++ b/lib/wiki_words.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
+#coding: utf-8
 # Contains all the methods for finding and replacing wiki words
 module WikiWords
   # In order of appearance: Latin, greek, cyrillian, armenian
   I18N_HIGHER_CASE_LETTERS =
-    "À�?ÂÃÄÅĀĄĂÆÇĆČĈĊĎ�?ÈÉÊËĒĘĚĔĖĜĞĠĢĤĦÌ�?Î�?ĪĨĬĮİIJĴĶ�?ĽĹĻĿÑŃŇŅŊÒÓÔÕÖØŌ�?ŎŒŔŘŖŚŠŞŜȘŤŢŦȚÙÚÛÜŪŮŰŬŨŲŴ�?ŶŸŹŽŻ" + 
-    "ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜ�?ΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ" + 
-    "ΆΈΉΊΌΎ�?ѠѢѤѦѨѪѬѮѰѲѴѶѸѺѼѾҀҊҌҎ�?ҒҔҖҘҚҜҞҠҢҤҦҨҪҬҮҰҲҴҶҸҺҼҾ�?ӃӅӇӉӋ�?�?ӒӔӖӘӚӜӞӠӢӤӦӨӪӬӮӰӲӴӸЖ" +
-    "ԱԲԳԴԵԶԷԸԹԺԻԼԽԾԿՀ�?ՂՃՄՅՆՇՈՉՊՋՌ�?�?�?ՑՒՓՔՕՖ"
+    "ÀÁÂÃÄÅĀĄĂÆÇĆČĈĊĎĐÈÉÊËĒĘĚĔĖĜĞĠĢĤĦÌÍÎÏĪĨĬĮİIJĴĶŁĽĹĻĿÑŃŇŅŊÒÓÔÕÖØŌŐŎŒŔŘŖŚŠŞŜȘŤŢŦȚÙÚÛÜŪŮŰŬŨŲŴŶŸȲÝŹŽŻ" + 
+    "ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ" + 
+    "ΆΈΉΊΌΎΏѠѢѤѦѨѪѬѮѰѲѴѶѸѺѼѾҀҊҌҎҐҒҔҖҘҚҜҞҠҢҤҦҨҪҬҮҰҲҴҶҸҺҼҾӁӃӅӇӉӋӍӏӐӒӔӖӘӚӜӞӠӢӤӦӨӪӬӮӰӲӴӸЖ" +
+    "ԱԲԳԴԵԶԷԸԹԺԻԼԽԾԿՀՁՂՃՄՅՆՇՈՉՊՋՌՍՎՏՐՑՒՓՔՕՖ"
 
   I18N_LOWER_CASE_LETTERS =
-    "àáâãäå�?ąăæçć�?ĉċ�?đèéêëēęěĕėƒ�?ğġģĥħìíîïīĩĭįıijĵķĸłľĺļŀñńňņʼnŋòóôõöø�?ő�?œŕřŗśšş�?șťţŧțùúûüūůűŭũųŵýÿŷžżźÞþßſ�?ð" +
-    "άέήίΰαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπ�?ςστυφχψωϊϋό�?ώ�?" +
-    "абвгдежзийклмнопр�?туфхцчшщъыь�?ю�?�?ёђѓєѕіїјљћќ�?ўџѡѣѥѧѩѫѭѯѱѳѵѷѹѻѽѿ�?ҋ�?�?ґғҕҗҙқ�?ҟҡңҥҧҩҫҭүұҳҵҷҹһҽҿӀӂӄӆӈӊӌӎӑӓӕӗәӛ�?ӟӡӣӥӧөӫӭӯӱӳӵӹ" +
-    "աբգդեզէըթժիլխծկհձղճմյնշոչպջռսվտր�?ւփքօֆև"
+    "àáâãäåāąăæçćĉċčďđèéêëēęěĕėƒĝğġģĥħìíîïīĩĭįıijĵķĸłľĺļŀñńňņʼnŋòóôõöøōŏőœŕřŗśŝšşșťţŧțùúûüūůűŭũųŵýÿŷžżźÞþßſð" +
+    "άέήίΰαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψωϊϋόύώΐ" +
+    "абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюяѐёђѓєѕіїјљћќѝўџѡѣѥѧѩѫѭѯѱѳѵѷѹѻѽѿҁҋҌҍҏґғҕҗҙқҝҟҡңҥҧҩҫҭүұҳҵҷҹһҽҿӀӂӄӆӈӊӌӎӑӓӕӗәӛӝӟӡӣӥӧөӫӭӯӱӳӵӹ" +
+    "աբգդեզէըթժիլխծկհձղճմյնշոչպջռսվտրցւփքօֆև"
 
   WIKI_WORD_PATTERN = '[A-Z' + I18N_HIGHER_CASE_LETTERS + '][a-z' + I18N_LOWER_CASE_LETTERS + ']+[A-Z' + I18N_HIGHER_CASE_LETTERS + ']\w+'
   CAMEL_CASED_WORD_BORDER = /([a-z#{I18N_LOWER_CASE_LETTERS}])([A-Z#{I18N_HIGHER_CASE_LETTERS}])/u
diff --git a/script/server b/script/server
index 1901871f..98789382 100755
--- a/script/server
+++ b/script/server
@@ -32,13 +32,16 @@ ARGV.options do |opts|
 
   opts.on("-p", "--port=port", Integer,
           "Runs Instiki on the specified port.",
-          "Default: 2500") { |OPTIONS[:port]| }
+          "Default: 2500") { }
+#          "Default: 2500") { |OPTIONS[:port]| }
   opts.on("-b", "--binding=ip", String,
           "Binds Instiki to the specified ip.",
-          "Default: 0.0.0.0") { |OPTIONS[:ip]| }
+          "Default: 0.0.0.0") { }
+#          "Default: 0.0.0.0") { |OPTIONS[:ip]| }
   opts.on("-e", "--environment=name", String,
           "Specifies the environment to run this server under (test/development/production).",
-          "Default: development") { |OPTIONS[:environment]| }
+          "Default: development") { }
+#          "Default: development") { |OPTIONS[:environment]| }
   opts.on("-d", "--daemon",
           "Make Instiki run as a Daemon (only works if fork is available -- meaning on *nix)."
           ) { OPTIONS[:server_type] = WEBrick::Daemon }
diff --git a/test/functional/file_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/file_controller_test.rb
index ac18d831..d4c82b8c 100755
--- a/test/functional/file_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/file_controller_test.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ class FileControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_template 'file/file'
 
     # User uploads the picture
-    picture = File.read("#{RAILS_ROOT}/test/fixtures/rails.gif")
+    begin # Ruby 1.9
+      picture = File.read("#{RAILS_ROOT}/test/fixtures/rails.gif", :encoding => 'ascii-8bit')
+    rescue #Ruby 1.8
+      picture = File.read("#{RAILS_ROOT}/test/fixtures/rails.gif")
+    end
     # updated from post to get - post fails the spam protection (no javascript)
     #   Moron! If substituting GET for POST actually works, you
     #   have much, much bigger problems.
diff --git a/test/unit/wiki_words_test.rb b/test/unit/wiki_words_test.rb
index 62a7a908..1099c160 100755
--- a/test/unit/wiki_words_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/wiki_words_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
+#coding: utf-8
 
 require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper')