diff --git a/news/changelog-1.7.md b/news/changelog-1.7.md
index ade95005c31..6cfcb43f94d 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.7.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.7.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ All changes included in 1.7:
 - ([#11532](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11532)): Fix regression for [#660](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/660), which causes files to have incorrect permissions when Quarto is installed in a location not writable by the current user.
 - ([#11549](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11549)): Fix regression in rendering `dashboard` tabsets into cards without titles.
 - ([#11580](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11580)): Fix regression with documents containing `categories` fields that are not strings.
+- ([#11752](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11752)): Fix regression with non-alphanumeric characters in `categories` preventing correct filtering of listing.
 
 ## YAML validation
 
diff --git a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/quarto-listing.js b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/quarto-listing.js
index 54d0e1e7f2f..e9a07b2ea39 100644
--- a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/quarto-listing.js
+++ b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/quarto-listing.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ const kProgressiveAttr = "data-src";
 let categoriesLoaded = false;
 
 window.quartoListingCategory = (category) => {
-  category = atob(category);
+  // category is URI encoded in EJS template for UTF-8 support
+  category = decodeURIComponent(atob(category));
   if (categoriesLoaded) {
     activateCategory(category);
     setCategoryHash(category);
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/_quarto.yml b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/_quarto.yml
index 6822a2fc6cf..26ec96f1970 100644
--- a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/_quarto.yml
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/_quarto.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,15 @@ project:
 
 website:
   title: "Testing listing search"
+  navbar:
+    left:
+      - href: index.qmd
+        text: Home
+      - href: default.qmd
+        text: Default
+      - href: grid.qmd
+        text: Grid
+      - href: table.qmd
+        text: Table
 
 format: html
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/default.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/default.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea65d783052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/default.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+title: "Testing listing default"
+listing:
+  contents: posts2
+  sort: "date desc"
+  type: default
+  categories: true
+  filter-ui: true
+page-layout: full
+title-block-banner: true
+---
+
+
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/grid.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/grid.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12a0ab88959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/grid.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+title: "Testing listing grid"
+listing:
+  contents: posts3
+  sort: "date desc"
+  type: grid
+  categories: true
+  filter-ui: true
+page-layout: full
+title-block-banner: true
+---
+
+
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/index.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/index.qmd
index ecfd0a9de21..bf8310bba0d 100644
--- a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/index.qmd
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/index.qmd
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 ---
-title: "Testing listing search"
-listing:
-  contents: posts
-  sort: "date desc"
-  type: table
-  categories: true
-  filter-ui: true
-page-layout: full
-title-block-banner: true
+title: "Testing listings"
 ---
 
+This website is for testing listings
 
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/post-with-code/image.jpg b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/post-with-code/image.jpg
index 3ec04c8c4e1..5d5ad1f4d2e 100644
Binary files a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/post-with-code/image.jpg and b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/post-with-code/image.jpg differ
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/welcome/thumbnail.jpg b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/welcome/thumbnail.jpg
index 8e3107c9e0a..7789429f394 100644
Binary files a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/welcome/thumbnail.jpg and b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/welcome/thumbnail.jpg differ
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/_metadata.yml b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/_metadata.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c069d8db30d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/_metadata.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# options specified here will apply to all posts in this folder
+
+# Enable banner style title blocks
+title-block-banner: true
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/post-with-code/image.jpg b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/post-with-code/image.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d5ad1f4d2e
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/post-with-code/image.jpg differ
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/post-with-code/index.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/post-with-code/index.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a9b290c4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/post-with-code/index.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+title: "Post With Code"
+author: "Harlow Malloc"
+date: "2024-09-06"
+categories: [news, code, analysis, apos'trophe]
+image: "image.jpg"
+---
+
+This is a post with executable code.
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/welcome/index.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/welcome/index.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d39a92a0269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/welcome/index.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+title: "Welcome To My Blog"
+author: "Tristan O'Malley"
+date: "2024-09-03"
+categories: [news, 'euros (€)', 免疫]
+---
+
+This is the first post in a Quarto blog. Welcome!
+
+![](thumbnail.jpg)
+
+## About image listing {#img-lst}
+
+Since this post doesn't specify an explicit `image`, the first image in the post will be used in the listing page of posts.
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/welcome/thumbnail.jpg b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts2/welcome/thumbnail.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7789429f394
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diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/_metadata.yml b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/_metadata.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c069d8db30d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/_metadata.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# options specified here will apply to all posts in this folder
+
+# Enable banner style title blocks
+title-block-banner: true
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/post-with-code/image.jpg b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/post-with-code/image.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d5ad1f4d2e
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/post-with-code/image.jpg differ
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/post-with-code/index.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/post-with-code/index.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a9b290c4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/post-with-code/index.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+title: "Post With Code"
+author: "Harlow Malloc"
+date: "2024-09-06"
+categories: [news, code, analysis, apos'trophe]
+image: "image.jpg"
+---
+
+This is a post with executable code.
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/welcome/index.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/welcome/index.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d39a92a0269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/welcome/index.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+title: "Welcome To My Blog"
+author: "Tristan O'Malley"
+date: "2024-09-03"
+categories: [news, 'euros (€)', 免疫]
+---
+
+This is the first post in a Quarto blog. Welcome!
+
+![](thumbnail.jpg)
+
+## About image listing {#img-lst}
+
+Since this post doesn't specify an explicit `image`, the first image in the post will be used in the listing page of posts.
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/welcome/thumbnail.jpg b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/welcome/thumbnail.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7789429f394
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts3/welcome/thumbnail.jpg differ
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/table.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/table.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e182f56d5c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/table.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+title: "Testing listing table"
+listing:
+  contents: posts
+  sort: "date desc"
+  type: table
+  categories: true
+  filter-ui: true
+page-layout: full
+title-block-banner: true
+---
+
+
diff --git a/tests/integration/playwright/playwright.config.ts b/tests/integration/playwright/playwright.config.ts
index d392c298f75..8b244a4f306 100644
--- a/tests/integration/playwright/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/playwright/playwright.config.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   /* Run your local dev server before starting the tests */
   /* We use python for this but we could also try using another tool */
   webServer: {
-    command: 'python -m http.server 8080',
+    command: 'uv run python -m http.server 8080',
     url: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080',
     reuseExistingServer: !isCI,
     cwd: '../../docs/playwright',
diff --git a/tests/integration/playwright/tests/blog-simple-blog.spec.ts b/tests/integration/playwright/tests/blog-simple-blog.spec.ts
index 3494ecd44c2..01981c6e0b8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/playwright/tests/blog-simple-blog.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/playwright/tests/blog-simple-blog.spec.ts
@@ -1,54 +1,69 @@
-import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+import { expect, Page, test } from "@playwright/test";
 import { getUrl } from "../src/utils";
 
-test('List.js is correctly patch to allow searching with lowercase and uppercase', 
-  async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.goto('./blog/simple-blog/_site/');
-    await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').click();
-    await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').fill('Code');
-    await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').press('Enter');
-    await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Post With Code' })).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' })).toBeHidden();
-    await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').click();
-    await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').fill('');
-    await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').press('Enter');
-    await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Post With Code' })).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' })).toBeVisible();
-    await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').click();
-    await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').fill('CODE');
-    await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').press('Enter');
-    await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Post With Code' })).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' })).toBeHidden();
-});
+const testPages = {
+  'posts': 'table.html',
+  'posts2': 'default.html',
+  'posts3': 'grid.html'
+};
 
-test('Categories link are clickable', async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto('./blog/simple-blog/_site/posts/welcome/');
-  await page.locator('div').filter({ hasText: /^news$/ }).click();
-  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/_site\/index\.html#category=news$/);
-  await expect(page.locator(`div.category[data-category="${btoa('news')}"]`)).toHaveClass(/active/);
-  await page.goto('./blog/simple-blog/_site/posts/welcome/#img-lst');
-  await page.locator('div').filter({ hasText: /^news$/ }).click();
-  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/_site\/index\.html#category=news$/);
-  await expect(page.locator(`div.category[data-category="${btoa('news')}"]`)).toHaveClass(/active/);
-});
+Object.entries(testPages).forEach(([postDir, pageName]) => {
+  test(`List.js is correctly patched to allow searching with lowercase and uppercase on ${pageName}`, 
+    async ({ page }) => {
+      await page.goto(`./blog/simple-blog/_site/${pageName}`);
+      await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').click();
+      await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').fill('Code');
+      await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').press('Enter');
+      await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Post With Code' })).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' })).toBeHidden();
+      await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').click();
+      await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').fill('');
+      await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').press('Enter');
+      await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Post With Code' })).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' })).toBeVisible();
+      await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').click();
+      await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').fill('CODE');
+      await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').press('Enter');
+      await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Post With Code' })).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' })).toBeHidden();
+  });
 
-test('Categories links are clickable', async ({ page }) => {
-  const checkCategoryLink = async (category: string) => {
-    await page.getByRole('link', { name: category }).click();
-    await expect(page).toHaveURL(getUrl(`blog/simple-blog/_site/index.html#category=${encodeURIComponent(category)}`));
+  const checkCategoryLink = async (page: Page, category: string, pageName: string) => {
+    await page.getByText(category, { exact: true }).click();
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(getUrl(`blog/simple-blog/_site/${pageName}#category=${encodeURIComponent(category)}`));
     await expect(page.locator(`div.category[data-category="${btoa(encodeURIComponent(category))}"]`)).toHaveClass(/active/);
   };
-  // Checking link is working
-  await page.goto('./blog/simple-blog/_site/posts/welcome/');
-  await checkCategoryLink('news');
-  // Including for special characters
-  await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' }).click();
-  await checkCategoryLink('euros (€)');
-  await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' }).click();
-  await checkCategoryLink('免疫');
-  await page.goto('./blog/simple-blog/_site/posts/post-with-code/');
-  await checkCategoryLink("apos'trophe");
-  // special check for when a page is not loaded from non root path
-  await page.goto('./blog/simple-blog/_site/posts/welcome/#img-lst');
-  await checkCategoryLink('news');
+
+  test(`All Categories links are clickable ${postDir} pages`, 
+    async ({ page }) => {
+      // Checking link is working
+      await page.goto(`./blog/simple-blog/_site/${postDir}/welcome/`);
+      await checkCategoryLink(page, 'news', pageName);
+      // Including for special characters
+      await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' }).click();
+      await checkCategoryLink(page, 'euros (€)', pageName);
+      await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' }).click();
+      await checkCategoryLink(page, '免疫', pageName);
+      await page.goto(`./blog/simple-blog/_site/${postDir}/post-with-code/`);
+      await checkCategoryLink(page, "apos'trophe", pageName);
+      // special check for when a page is not loaded from non root path
+      await page.goto(`./blog/simple-blog/_site/${postDir}/welcome/#img-lst`);
+      await checkCategoryLink(page, 'news', pageName);
+  });
+
+  if (pageName !== 'table.html') {
+    test(`Categories link on listing page works for ${pageName}`, async ({ page }) => {
+      await page.goto(`./blog/simple-blog/_site/${pageName}`);
+      await checkCategoryLink(page, 'apos\'trophe', pageName);
+      await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Post With Code' })).toBeVisible();
+      await page.goto(`./blog/simple-blog/_site/${pageName}`);
+      await checkCategoryLink(page, 'euros (€)', pageName);
+      await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' })).toBeVisible();
+      await page.goto(`./blog/simple-blog/_site/${pageName}`);
+      await checkCategoryLink(page, '免疫', pageName);
+      await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' })).toBeVisible();
+    });
+  }
 });
+
+