diff --git a/src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/controllers/QuestionsController.java b/src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/controllers/QuestionsController.java
index 9be27c76..436542ef 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/controllers/QuestionsController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/controllers/QuestionsController.java
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public void getSimilarAjax(@PathVariable String like, HttpServletRequest req, Ht
 			sb.append("</span> <a href=\"").append(similarPost.getPostLink(false, false)).append("\">");
 			sb.append(similarPost.getTitle()).append("</a><br>");
 		}
+		res.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
 		res.getWriter().print(sb.toString());
 		res.setStatus(200);
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/question.vm b/src/main/resources/templates/question.vm
index 9e3efd9e..1d86a03b 100755
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/question.vm
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/question.vm
@@ -105,10 +105,9 @@
 				<div class="card-panel similar mbl mediumText">
 					<div class="mbl">$!lang.get("posts.similar")</div>
 					#foreach($showSimilar in $similarquestions)
-						#set($plink = "#getpostlink($showSimilar false false)")
 						<div>
 							<small><i class="fa fa-caret-right grey-text"></i></small>
-							<a href="$plink" class="smallText">$!showSimilar.title</a>
+							<a href="#getpostlink($showSimilar false false)" class="smallText">$!showSimilar.title</a>
 						</div>
 					#end
 				</div>