diff --git a/dll/base.cpp b/dll/base.cpp
index 4e805e5..7a07926 100644
--- a/dll/base.cpp
+++ b/dll/base.cpp
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ randombytes(char * const buf, const size_t size)
 
 std::string get_env_variable(std::string name)
 {
-    char env_variable[1024];
-    DWORD ret = GetEnvironmentVariableA(name.c_str(), env_variable, sizeof(env_variable));
+    wchar_t env_variable[1024];
+    DWORD ret = GetEnvironmentVariableW(utf8_decode(name).c_str(), env_variable, _countof(env_variable));
     if (ret <= 0) {
         return std::string();
     }
 
     env_variable[ret] = 0;
-    return std::string(env_variable);
+    return utf8_encode(env_variable);
 }
 
 #else
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ std::string get_full_lib_path()
 {
     std::string program_path;
 #if defined(__WINDOWS__)
-    char   DllPath[MAX_PATH] = {0};
-    GetModuleFileName((HINSTANCE)&__ImageBase, DllPath, _countof(DllPath));
-    program_path = DllPath;
+    wchar_t   DllPath[2048] = {0};
+    GetModuleFileNameW((HINSTANCE)&__ImageBase, DllPath, _countof(DllPath));
+    program_path = utf8_encode(DllPath);
 #else
     program_path = get_lib_path();
 #endif
@@ -240,15 +240,18 @@ std::string canonical_path(std::string path)
 {
     std::string output;
 #if defined(STEAM_WIN32)
-    char *buffer = _fullpath(NULL, path.c_str(), 0);
+    wchar_t *buffer = _wfullpath(NULL, utf8_decode(path).c_str(), 0);
+    if (buffer) {
+        output = utf8_encode(buffer);
+        free(buffer);
+    }
 #else
     char *buffer = canonicalize_file_name(path.c_str());
-#endif
-
     if (buffer) {
         output = buffer;
         free(buffer);
     }
+#endif
 
     return output;
 }
@@ -633,7 +636,7 @@ static void load_dll()
     PRINT_DEBUG("Crack file %s\n", path.c_str());
     if (file_exists(path)) {
         redirect_crackdll();
-        crack_dll_handle = LoadLibraryA(path.c_str());
+        crack_dll_handle = LoadLibraryW(utf8_decode(path).c_str());
         unredirect_crackdll();
         PRINT_DEBUG("Loaded crack file\n");
     }
@@ -657,7 +660,7 @@ static void load_dlls()
         if (full_path[length - 4] != '.') continue;
 
         PRINT_DEBUG("Trying to load %s\n", full_path.c_str());
-        if (LoadLibraryA(full_path.c_str())) {
+        if (LoadLibraryW(utf8_decode(full_path).c_str())) {
             PRINT_DEBUG("LOADED %s\n", full_path.c_str());
         }
     }
diff --git a/dll/common_includes.h b/dll/common_includes.h
index 7214d78..4dc55d1 100644
--- a/dll/common_includes.h
+++ b/dll/common_includes.h
@@ -84,6 +84,27 @@
         #endif
     #endif
 
+#include <string>
+// Convert a wide Unicode string to an UTF8 string
+inline std::string utf8_encode(const std::wstring &wstr)
+{
+    if( wstr.empty() ) return std::string();
+    int size_needed = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, &wstr[0], (int)wstr.size(), NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+    std::string strTo( size_needed, 0 );
+    WideCharToMultiByte                  (CP_UTF8, 0, &wstr[0], (int)wstr.size(), &strTo[0], size_needed, NULL, NULL);
+    return strTo;
+}
+
+// Convert an UTF8 string to a wide Unicode String
+inline std::wstring utf8_decode(const std::string &str)
+{
+    if( str.empty() ) return std::wstring();
+    int size_needed = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, &str[0], (int)str.size(), NULL, 0);
+    std::wstring wstrTo( size_needed, 0 );
+    MultiByteToWideChar                  (CP_UTF8, 0, &str[0], (int)str.size(), &wstrTo[0], size_needed);
+    return wstrTo;
+}
+
 #elif defined(__LINUX__)
     #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
@@ -112,6 +133,8 @@
         #define PRINT_DEBUG(...) {FILE *t = fopen("STEAM_LOG.txt", "a"); fprintf(t, __VA_ARGS__); fclose(t);}
     #endif
     #define PATH_SEPARATOR "/" 
+
+    #define utf8_decode(a) a
 #endif
 //#define PRINT_DEBUG(...) fprintf(stdout, __VA_ARGS__)
 #ifdef EMU_RELEASE_BUILD
diff --git a/dll/dll.cpp b/dll/dll.cpp
index 1385b92..3857d05 100644
--- a/dll/dll.cpp
+++ b/dll/dll.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static void load_old_interface_versions()
     static bool loaded = false;
     if (loaded) return;
     std::string interfaces_path = Local_Storage::get_program_path() + "steam_interfaces.txt";
-    std::ifstream input( interfaces_path );
+    std::ifstream input( utf8_decode(interfaces_path) );
     PRINT_DEBUG("load from: %s\n", interfaces_path.c_str());
 
     for( std::string line; getline( input, line ); )
diff --git a/dll/local_storage.cpp b/dll/local_storage.cpp
index 81e17b9..8697600 100644
--- a/dll/local_storage.cpp
+++ b/dll/local_storage.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #define STB_IMAGE_STATIC
 #define STBI_ONLY_PNG
 #define STBI_ONLY_JPEG
+#if defined(__WINDOWS__)
+#define STBI_WINDOWS_UTF8
+#endif
 #include "../stb/stb_image.h"
 
 #define STB_IMAGE_WRITE_IMPLEMENTATION
@@ -166,49 +169,93 @@ bool Local_Storage::save_screenshot(std::string const& image_path, uint8_t* img_
 #else
 #if defined(__WINDOWS__)
 
-static BOOL DirectoryExists(LPCSTR szPath)
+static BOOL DirectoryExists(LPCWSTR szPath)
 {
-  DWORD dwAttrib = GetFileAttributesA(szPath);
+  DWORD dwAttrib = GetFileAttributesW(szPath);
 
   return (dwAttrib != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES &&
     (dwAttrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY));
 }
 
-static void createDirectoryRecursively(std::string path)
+static void createDirectoryRecursively(std::wstring path)
 {
   unsigned long long pos = 0;
   do
   {
-    pos = path.find_first_of("\\/", pos + 1);
-    CreateDirectoryA(path.substr(0, pos).c_str(), NULL);
+    pos = path.find_first_of(L"\\/", pos + 1);
+    CreateDirectoryW(path.substr(0, pos).c_str(), NULL);
   } while (pos != std::string::npos);
 }
 
-static void create_directory(std::string strPath)
+static void create_directory(std::string in_path)
 {
+    std::wstring strPath = utf8_decode(in_path);
     if (DirectoryExists(strPath.c_str()) == FALSE)
         createDirectoryRecursively(strPath);
 }
 
-static std::vector<struct File_Data> get_filenames(std::string strPath)
+static std::vector<struct File_Data> get_filenames(std::string in_path)
 {
     std::vector<struct File_Data> output;
-    strPath = strPath.append("\\*");
-    WIN32_FIND_DATAA ffd;
+    in_path = in_path.append("\\*");
+    WIN32_FIND_DATAW ffd;
     HANDLE hFind = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 
+    std::wstring strPath = utf8_decode(in_path);
     // Start iterating over the files in the path directory.
-    hFind = ::FindFirstFileA (strPath.c_str(), &ffd);
+    hFind = ::FindFirstFileW (strPath.c_str(), &ffd);
     if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
     {
         do // Managed to locate and create an handle to that folder.
         {
-            if (strcmp(".", ffd.cFileName) == 0) continue;
-            if (strcmp("..", ffd.cFileName) == 0) continue;
+            if (wcscmp(L".", ffd.cFileName) == 0) continue;
+            if (wcscmp(L"..", ffd.cFileName) == 0) continue;
             struct File_Data f_data;
-            f_data.name = ffd.cFileName;
+            f_data.name = utf8_encode(ffd.cFileName);
             output.push_back(f_data);
-        } while (::FindNextFileA(hFind, &ffd) == TRUE);
+        } while (::FindNextFileW(hFind, &ffd) == TRUE);
+        ::FindClose(hFind);
+    } else {
+        //printf("Failed to find path: %s", strPath.c_str());
+    }
+
+    return output;
+}
+
+static std::vector<struct File_Data> get_filenames_recursive_w(std::wstring base_path)
+{
+    if (base_path.back() == *L"\\")
+        base_path.pop_back();
+    std::vector<struct File_Data> output;
+    std::wstring strPath = base_path;
+    strPath = strPath.append(L"\\*");
+    WIN32_FIND_DATAW ffd;
+    HANDLE hFind = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+
+    // Start iterating over the files in the path directory.
+    hFind = ::FindFirstFileW (strPath.c_str(), &ffd);
+    if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+    {
+        do // Managed to locate and create an handle to that folder.
+        {
+            if (wcscmp(L".", ffd.cFileName) == 0) continue;
+            if (wcscmp(L"..", ffd.cFileName) == 0) continue;
+            if (ffd.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
+                // Construct new path from our base path
+                std::wstring dir_name = ffd.cFileName;
+
+                std::wstring path = base_path;
+                path += L"\\";
+                path += dir_name;
+
+                std::vector<struct File_Data> lower = get_filenames_recursive_w(path);
+                std::transform(lower.begin(), lower.end(), std::back_inserter(output), [&dir_name](File_Data f) {f.name = utf8_encode(dir_name) + "\\" + f.name; return f;});
+            } else {
+                File_Data f;
+                f.name = utf8_encode(ffd.cFileName);
+                output.push_back(f);
+            }
+        } while (::FindNextFileW(hFind, &ffd) == TRUE);
         ::FindClose(hFind);
     } else {
         //printf("Failed to find path: %s", strPath.c_str());
@@ -219,44 +266,7 @@ static std::vector<struct File_Data> get_filenames(std::string strPath)
 
 static std::vector<struct File_Data> get_filenames_recursive(std::string base_path)
 {
-    if (base_path.back() == *PATH_SEPARATOR)
-        base_path.pop_back();
-    std::vector<struct File_Data> output;
-    std::string strPath = base_path;
-    strPath = strPath.append("\\*");
-    WIN32_FIND_DATAA ffd;
-    HANDLE hFind = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-
-    // Start iterating over the files in the path directory.
-    hFind = ::FindFirstFileA (strPath.c_str(), &ffd);
-    if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-    {
-        do // Managed to locate and create an handle to that folder.
-        {
-            if (strcmp(".", ffd.cFileName) == 0) continue;
-            if (strcmp("..", ffd.cFileName) == 0) continue;
-            if (ffd.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
-                // Construct new path from our base path
-                std::string dir_name = ffd.cFileName;
-
-                std::string path = base_path;
-                path += PATH_SEPARATOR;
-                path += dir_name;
-
-                std::vector<struct File_Data> lower = get_filenames_recursive(path);
-                std::transform(lower.begin(), lower.end(), std::back_inserter(output), [&dir_name](File_Data f) {f.name = dir_name + "\\" + f.name; return f;});
-            } else {
-                File_Data f;
-                f.name = ffd.cFileName;
-                output.push_back(f);
-            }
-        } while (::FindNextFileA(hFind, &ffd) == TRUE);
-        ::FindClose(hFind);
-    } else {
-        //printf("Failed to find path: %s", strPath.c_str());
-    }
-
-    return output;
+    return get_filenames_recursive_w(utf8_decode(base_path));
 }
 
 #else
@@ -403,12 +413,12 @@ std::string Local_Storage::get_user_appdata_path()
 {
     std::string user_appdata_path = "SAVE";
 #if defined(STEAM_WIN32)
-    CHAR szPath[MAX_PATH] = {};
+    WCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH] = {};
 
-    HRESULT hr = SHGetFolderPathA(NULL, CSIDL_APPDATA, NULL, 0, szPath);
+    HRESULT hr = SHGetFolderPathW(NULL, CSIDL_APPDATA, NULL, 0, szPath);
 
     if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
-        user_appdata_path = szPath;
+        user_appdata_path = utf8_encode(szPath);
     }
 
 #else
@@ -504,7 +514,7 @@ int Local_Storage::store_file_data(std::string folder, std::string file, char *d
 
     create_directory(folder + file_folder);
     std::ofstream myfile;
-    myfile.open(folder + file, std::ios::binary | std::ios::out);
+    myfile.open(utf8_decode(folder + file), std::ios::binary | std::ios::out);
     if (!myfile.is_open()) return -1;
     myfile.write(data, length);
     int position = myfile.tellp();
@@ -553,7 +563,7 @@ int Local_Storage::store_data_settings(std::string file, char *data, unsigned in
 int Local_Storage::get_file_data(std::string full_path, char *data, unsigned int max_length, unsigned int offset)
 {
     std::ifstream myfile;
-    myfile.open(full_path, std::ios::binary | std::ios::in);
+    myfile.open(utf8_decode(full_path), std::ios::binary | std::ios::in);
     if (!myfile.is_open()) return -1;
 
     myfile.seekg (offset, std::ios::beg);
@@ -597,15 +607,19 @@ bool Local_Storage::file_exists(std::string folder, std::string file)
     }
 
     std::string full_path = save_directory + appid + folder + file;
-    struct stat buffer;   
-
-    if (stat(full_path.c_str(), &buffer) != 0)
-        return false;
 
 #if defined(STEAM_WIN32)
+    struct _stat buffer;
+    if (_wstat(utf8_decode(full_path).c_str(), &buffer) != 0)
+        return false;
+
     if ( buffer.st_mode & _S_IFDIR)
         return false;
 #else
+    struct stat buffer;
+    if (stat(full_path.c_str(), &buffer) != 0)
+        return false;
+
     if (S_ISDIR(buffer.st_mode))
         return false;
 #endif
@@ -621,8 +635,14 @@ unsigned int Local_Storage::file_size(std::string folder, std::string file)
     }
 
     std::string full_path = save_directory + appid + folder + file;
-    struct stat buffer = {};   
+
+#if defined(STEAM_WIN32)
+    struct _stat buffer = {};
+    if (_wstat(utf8_decode(full_path).c_str(), &buffer) != 0) return 0;
+#else
+    struct stat buffer = {};
     if (stat (full_path.c_str(), &buffer) != 0) return 0;
+#endif
     return buffer.st_size;
 }
 
@@ -634,7 +654,11 @@ bool Local_Storage::file_delete(std::string folder, std::string file)
     }
 
     std::string full_path = save_directory + appid + folder + file;
+#if defined(STEAM_WIN32)
+    return _wremove(utf8_decode(full_path).c_str()) == 0;
+#else
     return remove(full_path.c_str()) == 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 uint64_t Local_Storage::file_timestamp(std::string folder, std::string file)
@@ -645,8 +669,14 @@ uint64_t Local_Storage::file_timestamp(std::string folder, std::string file)
     }
 
     std::string full_path = save_directory + appid + folder + file;
+
+#if defined(STEAM_WIN32)
+    struct _stat buffer = {};
+    if (_wstat(utf8_decode(full_path).c_str(), &buffer) != 0) return 0;
+#else
     struct stat buffer = {};
     if (stat (full_path.c_str(), &buffer) != 0) return 0;
+#endif
     return buffer.st_mtime;
 }
 
@@ -695,7 +725,7 @@ bool Local_Storage::update_save_filenames(std::string folder)
 
 bool Local_Storage::load_json(std::string full_path, nlohmann::json& json)
 {
-    std::ifstream inventory_file(full_path);
+    std::ifstream inventory_file(utf8_decode(full_path));
     // If there is a file and we opened it
     if (inventory_file)
     {
@@ -745,7 +775,7 @@ bool Local_Storage::write_json_file(std::string folder, std::string const&file,
 
     create_directory(inv_path);
 
-    std::ofstream inventory_file(full_path, std::ios::trunc | std::ios::out);
+    std::ofstream inventory_file(utf8_decode(full_path), std::ios::trunc | std::ios::out);
     if (inventory_file)
     {
         inventory_file << std::setw(2) << json;
@@ -760,19 +790,14 @@ bool Local_Storage::write_json_file(std::string folder, std::string const&file,
 std::vector<image_pixel_t> Local_Storage::load_image(std::string const& image_path)
 {
     std::vector<image_pixel_t> res;
-    FILE* hFile = fopen(image_path.c_str(), "r");
-    if (hFile != nullptr)
+    int width, height;
+    image_pixel_t* img = (image_pixel_t*)stbi_load(image_path.c_str(), &width, &height, nullptr, 4);
+    if (img != nullptr)
     {
-        int width, height;
-        image_pixel_t* img = (image_pixel_t*)stbi_load_from_file(hFile, &width, &height, nullptr, 4);
-        if (img != nullptr)
-        {
-            res.resize(width*height);
-            std::copy(img, img + width * height, res.begin());
+        res.resize(width*height);
+        std::copy(img, img + width * height, res.begin());
 
-            stbi_image_free(img);
-        }
-        fclose(hFile);
+        stbi_image_free(img);
     }
     return res;
 }
diff --git a/dll/settings_parser.cpp b/dll/settings_parser.cpp
index 78df6c6..f369cd6 100644
--- a/dll/settings_parser.cpp
+++ b/dll/settings_parser.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static void consume_bom(std::ifstream &input)
 static void load_custom_broadcasts(std::string broadcasts_filepath, std::set<uint32> &custom_broadcasts)
 {
     PRINT_DEBUG("Broadcasts file path: %s\n", broadcasts_filepath.c_str());
-    std::ifstream broadcasts_file(broadcasts_filepath);
+    std::ifstream broadcasts_file(utf8_decode(broadcasts_filepath));
     consume_bom(broadcasts_file);
     if (broadcasts_file.is_open()) {
         std::string line;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static void load_gamecontroller_settings(Settings *settings)
         std::transform(action_set_name.begin(), action_set_name.end(), action_set_name.begin(),[](unsigned char c){ return std::toupper(c); });
 
         std::string controller_config_path = path + PATH_SEPARATOR + p;
-        std::ifstream input( controller_config_path );
+        std::ifstream input( utf8_decode(controller_config_path) );
         if (input.is_open()) {
             consume_bom(input);
             std::map<std::string, std::pair<std::set<std::string>, std::string>> button_pairs;
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ uint32 create_localstorage_settings(Settings **settings_client_out, Settings **s
 
     {
         std::string dlc_config_path = Local_Storage::get_game_settings_path() + "DLC.txt";
-        std::ifstream input( dlc_config_path );
+        std::ifstream input( utf8_decode(dlc_config_path) );
         if (input.is_open()) {
             consume_bom(input);
             settings_client->unlockAllDLC(false);
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ uint32 create_localstorage_settings(Settings **settings_client_out, Settings **s
 
     {
         std::string dlc_config_path = Local_Storage::get_game_settings_path() + "app_paths.txt";
-        std::ifstream input( dlc_config_path );
+        std::ifstream input( utf8_decode(dlc_config_path) );
 
         if (input.is_open()) {
             consume_bom(input);
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ uint32 create_localstorage_settings(Settings **settings_client_out, Settings **s
 
     {
         std::string dlc_config_path = Local_Storage::get_game_settings_path() + "leaderboards.txt";
-        std::ifstream input( dlc_config_path );
+        std::ifstream input( utf8_decode(dlc_config_path) );
         if (input.is_open()) {
             consume_bom(input);
             settings_client->setCreateUnknownLeaderboards(false);
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ uint32 create_localstorage_settings(Settings **settings_client_out, Settings **s
 
     {
         std::string stats_config_path = Local_Storage::get_game_settings_path() + "stats.txt";
-        std::ifstream input( stats_config_path );
+        std::ifstream input( utf8_decode(stats_config_path) );
         if (input.is_open()) {
             consume_bom(input);
             for( std::string line; getline( input, line ); ) {
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ uint32 create_localstorage_settings(Settings **settings_client_out, Settings **s
 
     {
         std::string depots_config_path = Local_Storage::get_game_settings_path() + "depots.txt";
-        std::ifstream input( depots_config_path );
+        std::ifstream input( utf8_decode(depots_config_path) );
         if (input.is_open()) {
             consume_bom(input);
             for( std::string line; getline( input, line ); ) {
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ uint32 create_localstorage_settings(Settings **settings_client_out, Settings **s
 
     {
         std::string depots_config_path = Local_Storage::get_game_settings_path() + "subscribed_groups.txt";
-        std::ifstream input( depots_config_path );
+        std::ifstream input( utf8_decode(depots_config_path) );
         if (input.is_open()) {
             consume_bom(input);
             for( std::string line; getline( input, line ); ) {
@@ -553,4 +553,4 @@ uint32 create_localstorage_settings(Settings **settings_client_out, Settings **s
     *local_storage_out = local_storage;
 
     return appid;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}