diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/MejorTorrent.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/MejorTorrent.cs
index d6f5d9b4c..95b14d516 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/MejorTorrent.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/MejorTorrent.cs
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
                        MusicSearchParams = new List<MusicSearchParam>
                        {
                            MusicSearchParam.Q
-                       }
+                       },
+                       SupportsRawSearch = true
                    },
                    configService: configService,
                    client: w,
@@ -415,7 +416,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
             return queryWords.All(word => titleWords.Contains(word));
         }
 
-        private static TorznabQuery ParseQuery(TorznabQuery query)
+        private TorznabQuery ParseQuery(TorznabQuery query)
         {
             // Eg. Doctor.Who.2005.(Доктор.Кто).S02E08
 
@@ -425,9 +426,10 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
             // query.Episode = 8
             var searchTerm = query.GetQueryString();
 
-            // replace non-english alphanumeric characters with spaces
+            // Server returns a 500 error if a UTF character higher than \u00FF (ÿ) is included,
+            // so we need to strip them
             // searchTerm = Doctor Who 2005
-            searchTerm = Regex.Replace(searchTerm, @"[^a-zA-Z0-9]+", " ");
+            searchTerm = Regex.Replace(searchTerm, @"[^\u0001-\u00FF]+", " ");
             searchTerm = Regex.Replace(searchTerm, @"\s+", " ");
             searchTerm = searchTerm.Trim();
 
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Models/TorznabQuery.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Models/TorznabQuery.cs
index a47f2ca0c..bff151c71 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Models/TorznabQuery.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Models/TorznabQuery.cs
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Models
                                                  || c == ']'
                                                  || c == '+'
                                                  || c == '%'
+                                                 || c == ':'
                                                ));
                 return string.Concat(safeTitle);
             }