diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index e580703cf..cb9096a15 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -10800,8 +10800,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                                                  self.server.httpPrefix,
                                                  self.server.domainFull,
                                                  self.path)
-                    msg = json.dumps(catalogStr,
-                                     ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8')
+                    msg = msg.encode('utf-8')
                     msglen = len(msg)
                     self._set_headers('text/csv',
                                       msglen, None, callingDomain)
diff --git a/shares.py b/shares.py
index 16427d0a2..f4abd6096 100644
--- a/shares.py
+++ b/shares.py
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ def sharesCatalogCSVEndpoint(baseDir: str, httpPrefix: str,
         return ''
     csvStr = \
         'id,type,hasType,startDate,expiryDate,' + \
-        'quantity,price,currency,Image,description,\r\n'
+        'quantity,price,currency,Image,description,\n'
     for item in catalogJson['DFC:supplies']:
         csvStr += '"' + item['@id'] + '",'
         csvStr += '"' + item['@type'] + '",'
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ def sharesCatalogCSVEndpoint(baseDir: str, httpPrefix: str,
         csvStr += '"' + item['DFC:price'].split(' ')[1] + '",'
         csvStr += '"' + item['DFC:Image'] + '",'
         description = item['DFC:description'].replace('"', "'")
-        csvStr += '"' + description + '",\r\n'
+        csvStr += '"' + description + '",\n'
     return csvStr