diff --git a/assets/src/bundles/add_forge/create-request.js b/assets/src/bundles/add_forge/create-request.js
--- a/assets/src/bundles/add_forge/create-request.js
+++ b/assets/src/bundles/add_forge/create-request.js
@@ -119,7 +119,13 @@
         {
           data: 'forge_url',
           name: 'forge_url',
-          render: $.fn.dataTable.render.text()
+          render: function(data, type, row) {
+            if (type === 'display') {
+              return `<a href="${data}">${data}</a>`;
+            }
+            return data;
+
+          }
         },
         {
           data: 'status',
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/conftest.py b/swh/web/tests/conftest.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/conftest.py
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 )
 from swh.web.tests.utils import create_django_permission
 
+os.environ["LC_ALL"] = "C.UTF-8"
+
 # Used to skip some tests
 ctags_json_missing = (
     shutil.which("ctags") is None