diff --git a/hed/validator/tag_validator.py b/hed/validator/tag_validator.py
index 8d11668d2..a1fcdf733 100644
--- a/hed/validator/tag_validator.py
+++ b/hed/validator/tag_validator.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def check_invalid_character_issues(self, hed_string):
         """
         validation_issues = []
         for index, character in enumerate(hed_string):
-            if character in TagValidator.INVALID_STRING_CHARS:
+            if character in TagValidator.INVALID_STRING_CHARS or ord(character) > 127:
                 validation_issues += self._report_invalid_character_error(hed_string, index)
 
         return validation_issues
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def check_tag_unit_class_units_are_valid(self, original_tag, report_tag_as=None,
             stripped_value, unit = original_tag.get_stripped_unit_value()
             if not unit:
                 bad_units = " " in original_tag.extension
-
+                had_error = False
                 # Todo: in theory this should separately validate the number and the units, for units
                 # that are prefixes like $.  Right now those are marked as unit invalid AND value_invalid.
                 if bad_units:
@@ -306,11 +306,12 @@ def check_tag_unit_class_units_are_valid(self, original_tag, report_tag_as=None,
                 if original_tag.is_takes_value_tag() and\
                         not self._validate_value_class_portion(original_tag, stripped_value):
                     validation_issues += ErrorHandler.format_error(ValidationErrors.VALUE_INVALID,
-                                                                   report_tag_as if report_tag_as else original_tag,
-                                                                   actual_error=error_code)
+                                                                   report_tag_as if report_tag_as else original_tag)
                     if error_code:
+                        had_error = True
                         validation_issues += ErrorHandler.format_error(ValidationErrors.VALUE_INVALID,
-                                                               report_tag_as if report_tag_as else original_tag)
+                                                                       report_tag_as if report_tag_as else original_tag,
+                                                                       actual_error=error_code)
 
 
                 if bad_units:
@@ -325,7 +326,8 @@ def check_tag_unit_class_units_are_valid(self, original_tag, report_tag_as=None,
                                                                    tag=report_tag_as if report_tag_as else original_tag,
                                                                    default_unit=default_unit)
 
-                if error_code:
+                # We don't want to give this overall error twice
+                if error_code and not had_error:
                     new_issue = validation_issues[0].copy()
                     new_issue['code'] = error_code
                     validation_issues += [new_issue]
diff --git a/spec_tests/hed-specification b/spec_tests/hed-specification
index a71c92e73..1415ff80d 160000
--- a/spec_tests/hed-specification
+++ b/spec_tests/hed-specification
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a71c92e73af4f89eaf24ae8b760de428804ffbdf
+Subproject commit 1415ff80ddd86e11708b991b5b379ee1c5b18098
diff --git a/spec_tests/test_errors.py b/spec_tests/test_errors.py
index 0313b10e3..b196afb96 100644
--- a/spec_tests/test_errors.py
+++ b/spec_tests/test_errors.py
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@
 
 skip_tests = {
     "VERSION_DEPRECATED": "Not applicable",
-    "CHARACTER_INVALID": "Not finalized",
-    "STYLE_WARNING": "Bad tests",
     "onset-offset-error-duplicated-onset-or-offset": "TBD how we implement this",
-    "tag-extension-invalid-bad-node-name": "Part of character invalid checking",
+    "tag-extension-invalid-bad-node-name": "Part of character invalid checking/didn't get to it yet",
 }
 
 class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -77,6 +75,7 @@ def run_single_test(self, test_file):
             if name in skip_tests:
                 print(f"Skipping {name} test because: {skip_tests[name]}")
                 continue
+
             description = info['description']
             schema = info['schema']
             check_for_warnings = info.get("warning", False)