diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/SearchMixin.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/SearchMixin.ts
index e245dc8d95..dace217ce5 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/SearchMixin.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/SearchMixin.ts
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ export const Et2WithSearchMixin = <T extends Constructor<LitElement>>(superclass
 			if(changedProperties.has("searchUrl") && this.searchUrl)
 			{
 				this.search = true;
+				// Decode URL, possibly again.  If set in template, it can wind up double-encoded.
+				this.searchUrl = this.egw().decodePath(this.searchUrl);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -840,7 +842,7 @@ export const Et2WithSearchMixin = <T extends Constructor<LitElement>>(superclass
 		 */
 		protected remoteQuery(search : string, options : object)
 		{
-			return this.egw().request(this.egw().link(this.egw().ajaxUrl(this.searchUrl),
+			return this.egw().request(this.egw().link(this.egw().ajaxUrl(this.egw().decodePath(this.searchUrl)),
 				{query: search, ...options}), [search, options]).then((result) =>
 			{
 				this.processRemoteResults(result);
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
index df03d18c60..a00301485f 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
@@ -1461,6 +1461,11 @@ function transformAttributes(widget, mgr : et2_arrayMgr, attributes)
 						attrValue = widget.egw().lang(attrValue);
 					}
 				}
+				else if(attrValue && [Object, Array].indexOf(typeof property === "object" ? property.type : property) != -1)
+				{
+					// Value was not supposed to be a string, but was run through here for expandName
+					attrValue = JSON.parse(attrValue);
+				}
 				break;
 		}