diff --git a/realms/config/__init__.py b/realms/config/__init__.py
index 891f0ea..8a3f0b0 100644
--- a/realms/config/__init__.py
+++ b/realms/config/__init__.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class Config(object):
     def __init__(self):
         for k, v in self.read().iteritems():
             setattr(self, k, v)
-        if hasattr(self, 'AUTH_LOCAL_ENABLE'):
+        if getattr(self, 'AUTH_LOCAL_ENABLE', True):
             self.MODULES.append('auth.local')
         if hasattr(self, 'OAUTH'):
             self.MODULES.append('auth.oauth')
diff --git a/realms/lib/hook.py b/realms/lib/hook.py
index bf6a00e..61d2885 100644
--- a/realms/lib/hook.py
+++ b/realms/lib/hook.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ def hook_func(name, fn):
     @wraps(fn)
     def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
         for hook, a, kw in self.__class__._pre_hooks.get(name) or []:
-            hook(*args, **kwargs)
+            hook(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
         rv = fn(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def hook_func(name, fn):
         kwargs.update(dict(rv=rv))
 
         for hook, a, kw in self.__class__._post_hooks.get(name) or []:
-            hook(*args, **kwargs)
+            hook(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
         return rv
     return wrapper
diff --git a/realms/modules/search/hooks.py b/realms/modules/search/hooks.py
index 25a7d12..abf7346 100644
--- a/realms/modules/search/hooks.py
+++ b/realms/modules/search/hooks.py
@@ -1,35 +1,40 @@
-from realms.modules.wiki.models import Wiki
+from realms.modules.wiki.models import WikiPage
 from realms import search
 
 
-@Wiki.after('write_page')
-def wiki_write_page(name, content, message=None, username=None, email=None, **kwargs):
+@WikiPage.after('write')
+def wiki_write_page(page, content, message=None, username=None, email=None, **kwargs):
 
     if not hasattr(search, 'index_wiki'):
         # using simple search or none
         return
 
-    body = dict(name=name,
+    body = dict(name=page.name,
                 content=content,
                 message=message,
                 email=email,
                 username=username)
-    return search.index_wiki(name, body)
+    return search.index_wiki(page.name, body)
 
 
-@Wiki.after('rename_page')
-def wiki_rename_page(old_name, *args, **kwargs):
+@WikiPage.before('rename')
+def wiki_rename_page_del(page, *args, **kwargs):
 
     if not hasattr(search, 'index_wiki'):
         return
 
-    return search.delete_wiki(old_name)
+    return search.delete_wiki(page.name)
 
 
-@Wiki.after('delete_page')
-def wiki_delete_page(name, *args, **kwargs):
+@WikiPage.after('rename')
+def wiki_rename_page_add(page, new_name, *args, **kwargs):
+    wiki_write_page(page, page.data, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+@WikiPage.after('delete')
+def wiki_delete_page(page, *args, **kwargs):
 
     if not hasattr(search, 'index_wiki'):
         return
 
-    return search.delete_wiki(name)
+    return search.delete_wiki(page.name)
diff --git a/realms/modules/wiki/models.py b/realms/modules/wiki/models.py
index 3003978..76bd6c4 100644
--- a/realms/modules/wiki/models.py
+++ b/realms/modules/wiki/models.py
@@ -42,6 +42,27 @@ class Wiki(HookMixin):
     def __repr__(self):
         return "Wiki: %s" % self.path
 
+    def commit(self, name, email, message, files):
+        """Commit to the underlying git repo.
+
+        :param name: Committer name
+        :param email: Committer email
+        :param message: Commit message
+        :param files: list of file names that should be committed
+        :return:
+        """
+        # Dulwich and gittle seem to want us to encode ourselves at the moment. see #152
+        if isinstance(name, unicode):
+            name = name.encode('utf-8')
+        if isinstance(email, unicode):
+            email = email.encode('utf-8')
+        if isinstance(message, unicode):
+            message = message.encode('utf-8')
+        return self.gittle.commit(name=name,
+                                  email=email,
+                                  message=message,
+                                  files=files)
+
     def get_page(self, name, sha='HEAD'):
         """Get page data, partials, commit info.
 
@@ -71,7 +92,7 @@ class Wiki(HookMixin):
         return rv
 
 
-class WikiPage(object):
+class WikiPage(HookMixin):
     def __init__(self, name, wiki, sha='HEAD'):
         self.name = name
         self.filename = cname_to_filename(name)
@@ -202,7 +223,7 @@ class WikiPage(object):
         return username, email
 
     def _clear_cache(self):
-        cache.delete_many(self._cache_key(p) for p in ['data', 'info'])
+        cache.delete_many(*(self._cache_key(p) for p in ['data', 'info']))
 
     def delete(self, username=None, email=None, message=None):
         """Delete page.
@@ -219,10 +240,10 @@ class WikiPage(object):
         # gittle.rm won't actually remove the file, have to do it ourselves
         os.remove(os.path.join(self.wiki.path, self.filename))
         self.wiki.gittle.rm(self.filename)
-        commit = self.wiki.gittle.commit(name=username,
-                                         email=email,
-                                         message=message,
-                                         files=[self.filename])
+        commit = self.wiki.commit(name=username,
+                                  email=email,
+                                  message=message,
+                                  files=[self.filename])
         self._clear_cache()
         return commit
 
@@ -256,10 +277,10 @@ class WikiPage(object):
         self.wiki.gittle.add(new_filename)
         self.wiki.gittle.rm(old_filename)
 
-        commit = self.wiki.gittle.commit(name=username,
-                                         email=email,
-                                         message=message,
-                                         files=[old_filename, new_filename])
+        commit = self.wiki.commit(name=username,
+                                  email=email,
+                                  message=message,
+                                  files=[old_filename, new_filename])
 
         self._clear_cache()
         self.name = new_name
@@ -296,10 +317,10 @@ class WikiPage(object):
 
         username, email = self._get_user(username, email)
 
-        ret = self.wiki.gittle.commit(name=username,
-                                      email=email,
-                                      message=message,
-                                      files=[self.filename])
+        ret = self.wiki.commit(name=username,
+                               email=email,
+                               message=message,
+                               files=[self.filename])
 
         self._clear_cache()
         return ret