diff --git a/src/libwrapper.cpp b/src/libwrapper.cpp
index f900edc..0cd047c 100644
--- a/src/libwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/libwrapper.cpp
@@ -332,10 +332,17 @@ search_result Library::process_phrase(const char *loc_str, IReadLine &io, bool f
     glib::Error err;
     search_result rval = SEARCH_SUCCESS;
     glib::CharStr str;
-    if (!utf8_input_)
-        str.reset(g_locale_to_utf8(loc_str, -1, &bytes_read, &bytes_written, get_addr(err)));
-    else
+    // Glib already runs CLI arguments through g_locale_to_utf8
+    if (g_get_charset(nullptr)) {
+        // Current locale is UTF-8
         str.reset(g_strdup(loc_str));
+    } else {
+        if (!utf8_input_) {
+            str.reset(g_strdup(loc_str));
+        } else {
+            str.reset(g_locale_from_utf8(loc_str, -1, &bytes_read, &bytes_written, get_addr(err)));
+        }
+    }
 
     if (nullptr == get_impl(str)) {
         fprintf(stderr, _("Can not convert %s to utf8.\n"), loc_str);