--- lib/dbtexmf/dblatex/rawverb.py.orig	2022-02-24 21:35:36.000000000 +0100
+++ lib/dbtexmf/dblatex/rawverb.py	2022-02-24 21:35:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         n = tex_handler_counter[self._errors]
         for c in ntext:
             if ord(c) > 255:
-                c = str(self.pre) + c + str(self.post)
+                c = self.pre.decode(self.output_encoding) + c + self.post.decode(self.output_encoding)
                 n += 1
             text += c
         tex_handler_counter[self._errors] = n