diff --git a/droidasc/asc_client/gui/app.py b/droidasc/asc_client/gui/app.py
index 0979f04..6ad8fe7 100644
--- a/droidasc/asc_client/gui/app.py
+++ b/droidasc/asc_client/gui/app.py
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ def _bind_editor_shortcuts(self):
         self.root.bind("<Control-Shift-Tab>", self._prev_tab)
         self.source_text.bind("<Button-1>", self._set_editor_cursor_from_click)
         self.source_text.bind("<Control-Button-1>", self._open_member_from_click)
+        self.source_text.bind("<FocusOut>", self._hide_member_links, add="+")
         self.root.bind("<KeyPress-Control_L>", self._show_member_links)
         self.root.bind("<KeyPress-Control_R>", self._show_member_links)
         self.root.bind("<KeyRelease-Control_L>", self._hide_member_links)
@@ -1318,6 +1319,7 @@ def apply_chunk(offset : int = 0):
         apply_chunk()
 
     def _show_editor_find(self, _event = None):
+        self._hide_member_links()
         self.editor_find_frame.grid()
         self.editor_find_entry.focus_set()
         self.editor_find_entry.selection_range(0, tk.END)
diff --git a/droidasc/asc_core/utils/tinydex.py b/droidasc/asc_core/utils/tinydex.py
index e261be8..06aaca8 100644
--- a/droidasc/asc_core/utils/tinydex.py
+++ b/droidasc/asc_core/utils/tinydex.py
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@
 _STRUCT_HHI = struct.Struct('<HHI')
 _STRUCT_HHHHII = struct.Struct('<HHHHII')
 
+def _decode_mutf8_fallback(raw : bytes) -> str:
+    raw = raw.replace(b'\xc0\x80', b'\x00')
+    try:
+        return (
+            raw.decode('utf-8', errors='surrogatepass')
+            .encode('utf-16-le', errors='surrogatepass')
+            .decode('utf-16-le', errors='replace')
+        )
+    except (UnicodeDecodeError, UnicodeEncodeError):
+        return raw.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
+
+
 class DEXHeader:
     def __init__(self, buf):
         # (off, size)
@@ -348,12 +360,31 @@ def get_string(self, str_idx):
             return self._strings[str_idx]
 
         str_idx_off = self.header.strings[0]
-        str_size = self.header.strings[1]
         string_off = _STRUCT_I.unpack_from(self.buf, str_idx_off + str_idx * 4)[0]
         utf16_size, c = read_uleb128_fast(self.buf, string_off)
         data_start = string_off + c
         end = data_start + utf16_size
-        s = bytes(self.buf[data_start:end]).decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
+        # ASCII keeps the old O(1) boundary calculation; MUTF-8 needs its terminator.
+        # refer to https://github.com/MG1937/ASC/issues/33
+        # 20260923 DEX.get_string slices utf16_size bytes out of a string_data_item, but that field counts UTF-16 code units
+        if end >= len(self.buf) or self.buf[end] != 0:
+            raw_buf = self.buf.obj
+            if hasattr(raw_buf, 'find') and len(raw_buf) == len(self.buf):
+                end = raw_buf.find(b'\x00', data_start, len(self.buf))
+            else:
+                end = data_start
+                while end < len(self.buf) and self.buf[end] != 0:
+                    end += 1
+                if end == len(self.buf):
+                    end = -1
+            if end < 0:
+                raise ValueError("unterminated string_data_item")
+
+        raw = bytes(self.buf[data_start:end])
+        try:
+            s = raw.decode('utf-8')
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            s = _decode_mutf8_fallback(raw)
         self._strings[str_idx] = s
         return s
 
@@ -518,6 +549,14 @@ def get_class(self, fullname):
             else:
                 right = mid - 1
         
+        if type_idx == -1:
+            # DEX sorts by UTF-16 code units, while Python compares code points.
+            for mid in range(type_ids_size):
+                desc_idx = _STRUCT_I.unpack_from(raw_bytes, type_ids_off + mid * 0x4)[0]
+                if self.get_string(desc_idx) == fullname:
+                    type_idx = mid
+                    break
+
         if type_idx == -1:
             return None
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9facea4..368b46c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "droidasc"
-version = "0.1.1.post1"
+version = "0.1.1.post2"
 description = "ASC is a super FAST python Android Decompiler for Agents/Mobile Researchers"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ droidasc = "droidasc:main"
 include = ["droidasc", "droidasc.*"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
-"droidasc" = ["py.typed"]
\ No newline at end of file
+"droidasc" = ["py.typed"]
diff --git a/tests/benchmark_compare.py b/tests/benchmark_compare.py
index 4022586..b409118 100644
--- a/tests/benchmark_compare.py
+++ b/tests/benchmark_compare.py
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ def revision(root):
     return subprocess.check_output(['git', '-C', str(root), 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'], text=True).strip()
 
 
+def _stable_cli_findrefs_answer(text):
+    # String decoding fixes may intentionally change matched payload text while
+    # preserving the referenced DEX/method rows and their count.
+    return sorted(
+        line.split(' | matched=', 1)[0]
+        for line in text.splitlines()
+        if ' | ' in line
+    )
+
+
 def _wrap_workload_test(root, directory, test_name):
     """Wrap a workload test file so old top-level imports (findrefs, utils, core, models)
     are rewritten to droidasc.asc_core.*, matching the current package structure."""
@@ -95,8 +105,11 @@ def measure(root, directory, case, output, sample):
         if match is None:
             raise ValueError('missing CLI timing')
         times = {case: float(match[1])}
-        answer = (result.stdout.split('-' * 50)[-1].strip() if case == 'cli_getclass' else
-                  sorted(line for line in result.stdout.splitlines() if ' | ' in line))
+        answer = (
+            result.stdout.split('-' * 50)[-1].strip()
+            if case == 'cli_getclass'
+            else _stable_cli_findrefs_answer(result.stdout)
+        )
     if not answer or (case in ('core', 'cli_getclass') and 'class ClockFaceView' not in answer):
         raise ValueError(f'{case}: missing result')
     return times, answer
diff --git a/tests/test_mutf8_strings.py b/tests/test_mutf8_strings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fe6b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_mutf8_strings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+import base64
+import struct
+import unittest
+
+from droidasc.asc_core.utils.tinydex import DEX, _decode_mutf8_fallback
+
+
+ISSUE_DEX = base64.b64decode(
+    "ZGV4CjAzNQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADtAAAAcAAAAHhWNBIAAAAAAAAA"
+    "AAAAAAADAAAAcAAAAAMAAAB8AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAIgA"
+    "AAAAAAAAAAAAAMgAAADcAAAA5AAAAAAAAAABAAAAAgAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD/"
+    "////AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP////8AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASTGph"
+    "dmEvbGFuZy9PYmplY3Q7AAVMbC/boTsABUxsL+GpuzsA"
+)
+
+
+def _uleb128(value):
+    out = bytearray()
+    while value > 0x7f:
+        out.append((value & 0x7f) | 0x80)
+        value >>= 7
+    out.append(value)
+    return out
+
+
+def _encode_mutf8(text):
+    out = bytearray()
+    utf16 = text.encode("utf-16-be")
+    for offset in range(0, len(utf16), 2):
+        unit = int.from_bytes(utf16[offset:offset + 2], "big")
+        if unit == 0:
+            out.extend(b"\xc0\x80")
+        elif unit <= 0x7f:
+            out.append(unit)
+        elif unit <= 0x7ff:
+            out.extend((0xc0 | (unit >> 6), 0x80 | (unit & 0x3f)))
+        else:
+            out.extend((
+                0xe0 | (unit >> 12),
+                0x80 | ((unit >> 6) & 0x3f),
+                0x80 | (unit & 0x3f),
+            ))
+    return bytes(out)
+
+
+def _make_class_dex(names):
+    encoded = [_encode_mutf8(name) for name in names]
+    units = [len(name.encode("utf-16-le")) // 2 for name in names]
+    buf = bytearray(0x70)
+
+    string_ids_off = len(buf)
+    buf.extend(bytes(4 * len(names)))
+    type_ids_off = len(buf)
+    buf.extend(bytes(4 * len(names)))
+    class_defs_off = len(buf)
+    buf.extend(bytes(32 * len(names)))
+    data_off = len(buf)
+
+    for index, (raw, utf16_size) in enumerate(zip(encoded, units)):
+        struct.pack_into("<I", buf, string_ids_off + index * 4, len(buf))
+        struct.pack_into("<I", buf, type_ids_off + index * 4, index)
+        struct.pack_into(
+            "<IIIIIIII",
+            buf,
+            class_defs_off + index * 32,
+            index,
+            1,
+            0xffffffff,
+            0,
+            0xffffffff,
+            0,
+            0,
+            0,
+        )
+        buf.extend(_uleb128(utf16_size))
+        buf.extend(raw)
+        buf.append(0)
+
+    buf[:8] = b"dex\n035\0"
+    struct.pack_into("<IIIIII", buf, 0x20, len(buf), 0x70, 0x12345678, 0, 0, 0)
+    struct.pack_into(
+        "<IIIIIIIIIIIIII",
+        buf,
+        0x38,
+        len(names),
+        string_ids_off,
+        len(names),
+        type_ids_off,
+        0,
+        0,
+        0,
+        0,
+        0,
+        0,
+        len(names),
+        class_defs_off,
+        len(buf) - data_off,
+        data_off,
+    )
+    return bytes(buf)
+
+
+class Mutf8StringTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_issue_fixture_decodes_and_finds_non_ascii_classes(self):
+        dex = DEX.parse(ISSUE_DEX, "bug.dex")
+
+        self.assertEqual([dex.get_string(i) for i in range(3)], [
+            "Ljava/lang/Object;",
+            "Ll/\u06e1;",
+            "Ll/\u1a7b;",
+        ])
+        self.assertIsNotNone(dex.get_class("Ll/\u06e1;"))
+        self.assertIsNotNone(dex.get_class("Ll/\u1a7b;"))
+
+    def test_mutf8_special_forms_decode(self):
+        self.assertEqual(_decode_mutf8_fallback(b"a\xc0\x80b"), "a\x00b")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            _decode_mutf8_fallback(b"\xed\xa0\xbd\xed\xb8\x80"),
+            "\U0001f600",
+        )
+
+    def test_malformed_mutf8_uses_replacement_character(self):
+        self.assertEqual(_decode_mutf8_fallback(b"a\xffb"), "a\ufffdb")
+
+    def test_get_class_falls_back_for_utf16_sort_order(self):
+        names = ["Ll/\U00010000;", "Ll/\ue000;"]
+        dex = DEX.parse(_make_class_dex(names), "utf16-order.dex")
+
+        for name in names:
+            with self.subTest(name=name):
+                self.assertIsNotNone(dex.get_class(name))
+
+    def test_unterminated_string_is_rejected(self):
+        data = bytearray(_make_class_dex(["Lexample/Test;"]))
+        data[-1] = 1
+        dex = DEX.parse(data, "unterminated.dex")
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "unterminated string_data_item"):
+            dex.get_string(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/tests/test_performance_compare.py b/tests/test_performance_compare.py
index 70d5f28..90bfea4 100644
--- a/tests/test_performance_compare.py
+++ b/tests/test_performance_compare.py
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
 import unittest
 
 from performance_compare import compare_pairs
-from benchmark_compare import should_gate
+from benchmark_compare import _stable_cli_findrefs_answer, should_gate
 
 
 class PerformanceComparisonTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_cli_findrefs_answer_ignores_only_matched_payload_text(self):
+        base = 'classes.dex | Lfoo/Bar;->run | matched=(truncated)'
+        candidate = 'classes.dex | Lfoo/Bar;->run | matched=(full payload)'
+        self.assertEqual(
+            _stable_cli_findrefs_answer(base),
+            _stable_cli_findrefs_answer(candidate),
+        )
+        self.assertNotEqual(
+            _stable_cli_findrefs_answer(base),
+            _stable_cli_findrefs_answer(
+                'classes.dex | Lfoo/Baz;->run | matched=(full payload)'
+            ),
+        )
+
     def test_consistent_small_regression_is_reported_but_not_gated(self):
         result = compare_pairs([100.] * 31, [100.1] * 31, 26)
         self.assertTrue(result['statistically_significant'])
diff --git a/tests/test_source_edit.py b/tests/test_source_edit.py
index 95057ee..ab0e08d 100644
--- a/tests/test_source_edit.py
+++ b/tests/test_source_edit.py
@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ def tag_raise(self, name):
         self.tags.append(("raise", name))
 
 
+class _FindWidget:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.calls = []
+
+    def grid(self):
+        self.calls.append("grid")
+
+    def focus_set(self):
+        self.calls.append("focus")
+
+    def selection_range(self, start, end):
+        self.calls.append(("selection", start, end))
+
+
 def _text_index(text, offset):
     line = text.count("\n", 0, offset) + 1
     line_start = text.rfind("\n", 0, offset) + 1
@@ -88,6 +102,26 @@ def _make_app(source, references, offset):
 
 
 class SourceEditTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_ctrl_f_clears_member_underlines_before_moving_focus(self):
+        calls = []
+        frame = _FindWidget()
+        entry = _FindWidget()
+        app = SimpleNamespace(
+            _hide_member_links=lambda: calls.append("hide-links"),
+            editor_find_frame=frame,
+            editor_find_entry=entry,
+            editor_find_var=_Value("needle"),
+            _last_editor_find_text="",
+            _refresh_editor_find_marks=lambda reset_cursor: calls.append(("refresh", reset_cursor)),
+        )
+
+        result = AscGuiApp._show_editor_find(app)
+
+        self.assertEqual(result, "break")
+        self.assertEqual(calls[0], "hide-links")
+        self.assertEqual(frame.calls, ["grid"] )
+        self.assertEqual(entry.calls[0], "focus")
+
     def test_rendered_member_ranges_follow_inserted_line_comments(self):
         source = "void first() {}\nvoid second() {}\n"
         first = source.index("first")