diff --git a/root/usr/share/smanager/themes/AdminLTE/templates/partials/_ln_add.html.ep b/root/usr/share/smanager/themes/AdminLTE/templates/partials/_ln_add.html.ep
index 50dd810..a0f03a2 100644
--- a/root/usr/share/smanager/themes/AdminLTE/templates/partials/_ln_add.html.ep
+++ b/root/usr/share/smanager/themes/AdminLTE/templates/partials/_ln_add.html.ep
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     %}
     <br />
     % my $btn = l('ADD');
-    % my $network_db = esmith::NetworksDB->open();
+    % my $network_db = esmith::NetworksDB::UTF8->open() || die "Couldn't open NetworksDB db";
 
    % if (config->{debug} == 1) {
     <div>
diff --git a/smeserver-manager-AdminLTE.spec b/smeserver-manager-AdminLTE.spec
index c5e06e5..f3a156e 100644
--- a/smeserver-manager-AdminLTE.spec
+++ b/smeserver-manager-AdminLTE.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define name smeserver-manager-AdminLTE
 %define version 11.0.0
-%define release 29
+%define release 30
 Summary: AdminLTE is an html framework for admin consoles - this rpm adds it to smeserver manager2
 Name: %{name}
 Version: %{version}
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ BuildRoot: /var/tmp/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
 BuildRequires: smeserver-devtools
 Requires: smeserver-release >= 11.0
 Requires: smeserver-manager >= 11.0.0
+Requires: smeserver-lib >= 11.0.0-13
+Requires: e-smith-manager >= 2.4.0-22
+
 AutoReqProv: no
 
 %description
@@ -26,6 +29,9 @@ AdminLTE is an html framework for admin consoles
 wget https://github.com/ColorlibHQ/AdminLTE/archive/master.zip
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 09 2025 John Crisp <jcrisp@safeandsoundit.co.uk> 11.0.0-30.sme
+- Add UTF8 support to network panel
+
 * Wed Jun 04 2025 John Crisp <jcrisp@safeandsoundit.co.uk> 11.0.0-29.sme
 - Proxy panel done
 
@@ -127,10 +133,10 @@ wget https://github.com/ColorlibHQ/AdminLTE/archive/master.zip
 - Rename some partials more logically
 
 * Tue Mar 25 2025 Brian Read <brianr@koozali.org> 11.0.0-1.sme
-- New version for AdminLTE integration with no class or ids 
+- New version for AdminLTE integration with no class or ids
 
 %prep
-%setup 
+%setup
 
 %build
 perl createlinks