diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp
index 53b0c75da..795b2e642 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp
@@ -173,12 +173,12 @@ appDataDir()
         if ( ( QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based ) == 0 )
         {
             // Use this for non-DOS-based Windowses
-            char acPath[MAX_PATH];
-            HRESULT h = SHGetFolderPathA( NULL, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA | CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE,
+            wchar_t acPath[MAX_PATH];
+            HRESULT h = SHGetFolderPathW( NULL, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA | CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE,
                                           NULL, 0, acPath );
             if ( h == S_OK )
             {
-                path = QString::fromLocal8Bit( acPath );
+                path = QString::fromUtf16( (ushort*)acPath );
             }
         }
     #elif defined(Q_OS_MAC)