diff --git a/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/Controller/Directory.pm b/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/Controller/Directory.pm
index fb55c65..7c41445 100644
--- a/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/Controller/Directory.pm
+++ b/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/Controller/Directory.pm
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ use warnings;
 use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious::Controller';
 use Locale::gettext;
 use SrvMngr::I18N;
+use esmith::ConfigDB::UTF8;
 use SrvMngr qw(theme_list init_session);
 
-our $db = esmith::ConfigDB->open() || die "Couldn't open config db";
+our $db; 
 
 sub main {
     my $c = shift;
     $c->app->log->info($c->log_req);
+    $db = esmith::ConfigDB::UTF8->open() || die "Couldn't open config db";
     my %dir_datas = ();
     my $title     = $c->l('dir_FORM_TITLE');
     my $modul     = $c->render_to_string(inline => $c->l('dir_DESCRIPTION'));
diff --git a/smeserver-manager.spec b/smeserver-manager.spec
index 1bf49e3..f3c40a8 100644
--- a/smeserver-manager.spec
+++ b/smeserver-manager.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Summary: Sme server  navigation module : manager 2
 %define name smeserver-manager
 Name: %{name}
 %define version 11.0.0
-%define release 83
+%define release 84
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{release}%{?dist}
 License: GPL
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ BuildRequires: smeserver-devtools
 #BuildRequires:  perl(Net::Netmask) >= 1.9
 #</Build tests>
 
-Requires: smeserver-lib >= 1.18.0-26
-Requires: smeserver-manager >= 2.4.0-22
+Requires: smeserver-lib >= 11.0.0-13
+# old manager is needed to handle access (ValidFrom)
+Requires: e-smith-manager >= 2.4.0-22
 Requires: smeserver-apache >= 2.6.0-19
 Requires: smeserver-php >= 3.0.0-43
 #Requires: smeserver-manager-locale >= 11.0.0
@@ -143,6 +144,10 @@ true
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 09 2025 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 11.0.0-84.sme
+- fix Directory caching issue [SME: 13026]
+- WIP use esmith::*DB::UTF8 to access db flat files [SME: 13027]
+
 * Mon May 05 2025 Brian Read <brianr@koozali.org> 11.0.0-83.sme
 - Mod to SrvMngr-Auth to account for partials matching AdminPanels options