diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index e59d9b1..d272768 100644
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -154,9 +154,19 @@ DockSpace             ID=0x123F8F08 Window=0x6D581B32 Pos=8,62 Size=1902,994 Spl
         dest = (val == "true" || val == "1");
       }
       else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, std::string>)
+      {
         std::getline(ss, dest);
+      }
+      else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, std::filesystem::path>)
+      {
+        std::string value;
+        std::getline(ss, value);
+        dest = path::from_utf8(value);
+      }
       else
+      {
         stream_assign(dest, ss);
+      }
     };
 
     auto entry_load =
@@ -324,6 +334,8 @@ DockSpace             ID=0x123F8F08 Window=0x6D581B32 Pos=8,62 Size=1902,994 Spl
 
       if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, bool>)
         file << key << "=" << (value ? "true" : "false") << "\n";
+      else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, std::filesystem::path>)
+        file << key << "=" << path::to_utf8(value) << "\n";
       else
         file << key << "=" << value << "\n";
     };
diff --git a/src/util/process_.cpp b/src/util/process_.cpp
index f3b9bf6..e494a44 100644
--- a/src/util/process_.cpp
+++ b/src/util/process_.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,33 @@
 #include "process_.h"
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+  #include <cstddef>
+  #include <string>
+  #include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace anm2ed::util
 {
+#ifdef WIN32
+  namespace
+  {
+    std::wstring utf8_to_wstring(const char* string)
+    {
+      if (!string) return {};
+
+      auto requiredSize = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, string, -1, nullptr, 0);
+      if (requiredSize <= 0) return {};
+
+      std::wstring wide(static_cast<std::size_t>(requiredSize), L'\0');
+      MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, string, -1, wide.data(), requiredSize);
+
+      if (!wide.empty() && wide.back() == L'\0') wide.pop_back();
+
+      return wide;
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+
   Process::Process(const char* command, const char* mode) { open(command, mode); }
 
   Process::~Process() { close(); }
@@ -11,7 +37,9 @@ namespace anm2ed::util
     close();
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-    pipe = _popen(command, mode);
+    auto wideCommand = utf8_to_wstring(command);
+    auto wideMode = utf8_to_wstring(mode);
+    pipe = _wpopen(wideCommand.c_str(), wideMode.c_str());
 #else
     pipe = popen(command, mode);
 #endif
@@ -52,4 +80,4 @@ namespace anm2ed::util
   FILE* Process::get() const { return pipe; }
 
   Process::operator bool() const { return pipe != nullptr; }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}