diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 69cbe909..d6d85305 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ ver. 0.9.1 (2014/xx/xx) - better, faster, stronger
    * Recursive action tags now fully processed. Fixes issue with bsd-ipfw
      action
    * Correct times for non-timezone date times formats - Thanks sebres
+   * Fixed TypeError with "ipfailures" and "ipjailfailures" action tags.
+     Thanks Serg G. Brester
 
 - New features:
    - Added monit filter thanks Jason H Martin.
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/actions.py b/fail2ban/server/actions.py
index 47482440..98b8aaa9 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/actions.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/actions.py
@@ -271,11 +271,9 @@ class Actions(JailThread, Mapping):
 			# [todo] move merging to observer - here we could read already merged info from database (faster);
 			if self._jail.database is not None:
 				aInfo["ipmatches"] = lambda jail=self._jail: "\n".join(
-					jail.database.getBansMerged(ip=ip).getMatches()
-				)
+					jail.database.getBansMerged(ip=ip).getMatches())
 				aInfo["ipjailmatches"] = lambda jail=self._jail: "\n".join(
-					jail.database.getBansMerged(ip=ip, jail=jail).getMatches()
-				)
+					jail.database.getBansMerged(ip=ip, jail=jail).getMatches())
 				aInfo["ipfailures"] = lambda jail=self._jail: \
 					jail.database.getBansMerged(ip=ip).getAttempt()
 				aInfo["ipjailfailures"] = lambda jail=self._jail: \
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/filter.py b/fail2ban/server/filter.py
index 0e13bba4..5fd6be01 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/filter.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/filter.py
@@ -795,8 +795,10 @@ class FileContainer:
 		try:
 			line = line.decode(self.getEncoding(), 'strict')
 		except UnicodeDecodeError:
-			logSys.warning("Error decoding line from '%s' with '%s': %s" %
-				(self.getFileName(), self.getEncoding(), `line`))
+			logSys.warning(
+				"Error decoding line from '%s' with '%s'. Continuing "
+				" to process line ignoring invalid characters: %r" %
+				(self.getFileName(), self.getEncoding(), line))
 			if sys.version_info >= (3,): # In python3, must be decoded
 				line = line.decode(self.getEncoding(), 'ignore')
 		return line