diff --git a/lib/location.py b/lib/location.py
index 22a0e88..a90aa43 100644
--- a/lib/location.py
+++ b/lib/location.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def location_canonical_name(location):
     "Find canonical name for `location`"
 
     location = location_normalize(location)
-    if location in LOCATION_ALIAS:
+    if location.lower() in LOCATION_ALIAS:
         return LOCATION_ALIAS[location.lower()]
     return location
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def location_processing(location, ip_addr):
         tmp_location = location_canonical_name(location)
         if tmp_location != location:
             override_location_name = location
-            locaiton = tmp_location
+            location = tmp_location
 
     # up to this point it is possible that the name
     # contains some unicode symbols
diff --git a/lib/wttr_srv.py b/lib/wttr_srv.py
index b5cd778..9200008 100644
--- a/lib/wttr_srv.py
+++ b/lib/wttr_srv.py
@@ -263,6 +263,6 @@ def wttr(location, request):
                 or 'API key has reached calls per day allowed limit' in str(exception):
             if html_output:
                 return _wrap_response(MALFORMED_RESPONSE_HTML_PAGE, html_output)
-            return _wrap_response(get_message('CAPACITY_LIMIT_REACHED', lang).encode('utf-6'), html_output)
+            return _wrap_response(get_message('CAPACITY_LIMIT_REACHED', lang).encode('utf-8'), html_output)
         logging.error("Exception has occured", exc_info=1)
         return "ERROR"