diff --git a/DSView/pv/utility/path.cpp b/DSView/pv/utility/path.cpp
index 44dcc2b7..2a19732f 100644
--- a/DSView/pv/utility/path.cpp
+++ b/DSView/pv/utility/path.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace path{
         std::string str;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-        QTextCodec *codec = QTextCodec::codecForName("System");
+        QTextCodec *codec = QTextCodec::codecForLocale();
         QByteArray str_tmp = codec->fromUnicode(path);
         str = str_tmp.data();
 #else
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ namespace path{
         return str;
     }
 }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}