diff --git a/app/models/mail_handler.rb b/app/models/mail_handler.rb
index 98536a8..ac05847 100644
--- a/app/models/mail_handler.rb
+++ b/app/models/mail_handler.rb
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ class MailHandler < ActionMailer::Base
       issue.status = status
     end
     issue.subject = email.subject.chomp
-    issue.subject = issue.subject.toutf8 if issue.subject.respond_to?(:toutf8)
     if issue.subject.blank?
       issue.subject = '(no subject)'
     end
diff --git a/extra/svn/Redmine.pm b/extra/svn/Redmine.pm
index 66dc6c0..1829d2b 100644
--- a/extra/svn/Redmine.pm
+++ b/extra/svn/Redmine.pm
@@ -233,11 +233,16 @@ sub is_public_project {
 
     my $dbh = connect_database($r);
     my $sth = $dbh->prepare(
-        "SELECT * FROM projects WHERE projects.identifier=? and projects.is_public=true;"
+        "SELECT is_public FROM projects WHERE projects.identifier = ?;"
     );
 
     $sth->execute($project_id);
-    my $ret = $sth->fetchrow_array ? 1 : 0;
+    my $ret = 0;
+    if (my @row = $sth->fetchrow_array) {
+    	if ($row[0] eq "1" || $row[0] eq "t") {
+    		$ret = 1;
+    	}
+    }
     $sth->finish();
     $dbh->disconnect();
 
@@ -295,7 +300,7 @@ sub is_member {
           $sthldap->execute($auth_source_id);
           while (my @rowldap = $sthldap->fetchrow_array) {
             my $ldap = Authen::Simple::LDAP->new(
-                host    =>      ($rowldap[2] == 1 || $rowldap[2] eq "t") ? "ldaps://$rowldap[0]" : $rowldap[0],
+                host    =>      ($rowldap[2] eq "1" || $rowldap[2] eq "t") ? "ldaps://$rowldap[0]" : $rowldap[0],
                 port    =>      $rowldap[1],
                 basedn  =>      $rowldap[5],
                 binddn  =>      $rowldap[3] ? $rowldap[3] : "",