diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
index 51c53ac1b..e588eac73 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ from r2.lib.organic import update_pos
 
 def link_listing_by_url(url, count = None):
     try:
-        links = tup(Link._by_url(url, sr = c.site))
+        links = list(tup(Link._by_url(url, sr = c.site)))
         links.sort(key = lambda x: -x._score)
         if count is not None:
             links = links[:count]
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/base.py b/r2/r2/lib/base.py
index a243bdd70..f4fd44eb5 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/base.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/base.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from pylons.controllers import WSGIController, Controller
 from pylons.i18n import N_, _, ungettext, get_lang
 import r2.lib.helpers as h
 from r2.lib.utils import to_js
-from r2.lib.filters import spaceCompress
+from r2.lib.filters import spaceCompress, _force_unicode
 from utils import storify, string2js, read_http_date
 
 import re, md5
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class BaseController(WSGIController):
 
     @staticmethod
     def redirect(dest, code = 302):
-        c.response.headers['Location'] = dest
+        c.response.headers['Location'] = _force_unicode(dest).encode('utf8')
         c.response.status_code = code
         return c.response