diff --git a/SoObjects/Contacts/SOGoContactGCSEntry.m b/SoObjects/Contacts/SOGoContactGCSEntry.m
index 6f3291a4f..59776c153 100644
--- a/SoObjects/Contacts/SOGoContactGCSEntry.m
+++ b/SoObjects/Contacts/SOGoContactGCSEntry.m
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 {
   if (!card)
     {
-      if ([[content uppercaseString] hasPrefix: @"BEGIN:VCARD"])
+      if ([[[self contentAsString] uppercaseString] hasPrefix: @"BEGIN:VCARD"])
         card = [NGVCard parseSingleFromSource: content];
       else
         card = [NGVCard cardWithUid: [self nameInContainer]];
diff --git a/SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoContentObject.m b/SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoContentObject.m
index c988f91e1..8adb38299 100644
--- a/SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoContentObject.m
+++ b/SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoContentObject.m
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@
   int intValue;
 
   data = [objectRecord objectForKey: @"c_content"];
-  if (data)
+  if (data && [data isKindOfClass: [NSString class]])
     ASSIGN (content, data);
+  else
+    ASSIGN (content, [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[data bytes]]);
   data = [objectRecord objectForKey: @"c_version"];
   if (data)
     version = [data unsignedIntValue];