diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index 65bf5ab..8b08b35 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -647,10 +647,18 @@ drawmenu(void)
 	} else if (matches) {
 		/* draw horizontal list */
 		x += inputw;
+		#if SYMBOLS_PATCH
+		w = TEXTW(symbol_1);
+		#else
 		w = TEXTW("<");
+		#endif // SYMBOLS_PATCH
 		if (curr->left) {
 			drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+			#if SYMBOLS_PATCH
+			drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, symbol_1, 0
+			#else
 			drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, "<", 0
+			#endif // SYMBOLS_PATCH
 				#if PANGO_PATCH
 				, True
 				#endif // PANGO_PATCH
diff --git a/patch/scroll.c b/patch/scroll.c
index a039579..46f597f 100644
--- a/patch/scroll.c
+++ b/patch/scroll.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ drw_text_align(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, const cha
 	FcPattern *match;
 	XftResult result;
 	int charexists = 0;
+	int utf8err = 0;
 	int i, n;
 
 	if (!drw || (render && !drw->scheme) || !text || !drw->fonts || textlen <= 0
@@ -56,14 +57,14 @@ drw_text_align(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, const cha
 
 		while ((align == AlignL && i < textlen) || (align == AlignR && i > 0)) {
 			if (align == AlignL) {
-				utf8charlen = utf8decode(text + i, &utf8codepoint, MIN(textlen - i, UTF_SIZ));
+				utf8charlen = utf8decode(text + i, &utf8codepoint, &utf8err);
 				if (!utf8charlen) {
 					textlen = i;
 					break;
 				}
 			} else {
 				n = utf8nextchar(text, textlen, i, -1);
-				utf8charlen = utf8decode(text + n, &utf8codepoint, MIN(textlen - n, UTF_SIZ));
+				utf8charlen = utf8decode(text + n, &utf8codepoint, &utf8err);
 				if (!utf8charlen) {
 					textlen -= i;
 					text += i;