diff --git a/core/scrapertools.py b/core/scrapertools.py
index aa926c8b..133e5d3b 100644
--- a/core/scrapertools.py
+++ b/core/scrapertools.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def unescape(text):
     from Fredrik Lundh
     http://effbot.org/zone/re-sub.htm#unescape-html
     """
+
     if not ('&' in text and ';' in text):
         return text
 
@@ -129,13 +130,16 @@ def unescape(text):
                     import html.entities as htmlentitydefs
                 else:
                     import htmlentitydefs
-                text = unichr(htmlentitydefs.name2codepoint[text[1:-1]]).encode("utf-8")
+                ret = unichr(htmlentitydefs.name2codepoint[text[1:-1]]).encode("utf-8")
             except KeyError:
                 logger.error("keyerror")
                 pass
             except:
                 pass
-        return text  # leave as is
+        # from core.support import dbg;dbg()
+        if type(ret) != str:
+            ret = ret.decode()
+        return ret  # leave as is
 
     return re.sub("&#?\w+;", fixup, str(text))
 
diff --git a/core/support.py b/core/support.py
index 408ec878..7432dd91 100755
--- a/core/support.py
+++ b/core/support.py
@@ -895,12 +895,13 @@ def match(item_url_string, **args):
         matches: all the matches
     '''
 
-    matches = blocks = []
+    matches = []
+    blocks = []
     url = None
     # arguments allowed for scrape
     patron = args.get('patron', None)
     patronBlock = args.get('patronBlock', None)
-    patronBlocks = args.get('patronBlock', None)
+    patronBlocks = args.get('patronBlocks', None)
     debug = args.get('debug', False)
     debugBlock = args.get('debugBlock', False)
     string = args.get('string', False)
@@ -934,8 +935,9 @@ def match(item_url_string, **args):
     if patronBlock:
         blocks = [scrapertools.find_single_match(data, patronBlock)]
     elif patronBlocks:
-        if type(patronBlock) == str:  patron = [patronBlock]
-        for p in patronBlock:
+        if type(patronBlocks) == str: 
+            patronBlocks = [patronBlocks]
+        for p in patronBlocks:
             blocks += scrapertools.find_multiple_matches(data, p)
     else:
         blocks = [data]