diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/EventListener/PersonEventListener.php b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/EventListener/PersonEventListener.php
index bd2f6acd0..95dcbc888 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/EventListener/PersonEventListener.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/EventListener/PersonEventListener.php
@@ -13,20 +13,21 @@ class PersonEventListener
 {
     public function onPrePersist(LifecycleEventArgs $event): void
     {
-        $em = $event->getObjectManager();
+        // $em = $event->getObjectManager();
 
         if($event->getObject() instanceof Person){
 
             $person = $event->getObject();
-            $firstnameCaps = ucwords(strtolower($person->getFirstName()), " \t\r\n\f\v'-");
+            $firstnameCaps = mb_convert_case(mb_strtolower($person->getFirstName()), MB_CASE_TITLE, 'UTF-8');
+            $firstnameCaps = ucwords(strtolower($firstnameCaps), " \t\r\n\f\v'-");
             $person->setFirstName($firstnameCaps);
 
-            $lastnameCaps = strtoupper($person->getLastName());
+            $lastnameCaps = mb_strtoupper($person->getLastName(), 'UTF-8');
             $person->setLastName($lastnameCaps);
 
             
-            $em->persist($person);
-            $em->flush();
+            // $em->persist($person);
+            // $em->flush();
 
         } elseif ($event->getObject() instanceof PersonAltName){
 
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ class PersonEventListener
             $altnameCaps = ucwords(strtolower($altname->getLabel()), " \t\r\n\f\v'-");
             $altname->setLabel($altnameCaps);
 
-            $em->persist($altname);
-            $em->flush();
+            // $em->persist($altname);
+            // $em->flush();
 
         } else {
 
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Tests/EventListener/PersonCreateEventTest.php b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Tests/EventListener/PersonCreateEventTest.php
index b4d3fb92c..b8ab4c0fd 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Tests/EventListener/PersonCreateEventTest.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Tests/EventListener/PersonCreateEventTest.php
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ class PersonCreateEventTest extends TestCase
 
     public function generateNames(): iterator
     {
-        yield ['julie', 'Julie', 'lenaerts', 'LENAERTS'];
+        yield ['émelie-marie', 'Émelie-Marie', 'lenaerts', 'LENAERTS'];
         yield ['jean-marie', 'Jean-Marie', 'lenaerts', 'LENAERTS'];
-        yield ['vinCENT', 'Vincent', 'van gogh', 'VAN GOGH'];
+        yield ['vinCENT', 'Vincent', 'fastré', 'FASTRÉ'];
         yield ['Vincent', 'Vincent', 'van Gogh', 'VAN GOGH'];
         yield ['André marie', 'André Marie', 'Bah', 'BAH'];
     }