diff --git a/include/lib/fex/lexer.h b/include/lib/fex/lexer.h
index 9b22976d..d4d65271 100644
--- a/include/lib/fex/lexer.h
+++ b/include/lib/fex/lexer.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <QString>
 
 namespace fex
 {
@@ -89,9 +90,7 @@ namespace fex
         Lexer() = default;
         ~Lexer() = default;
 
-        std::vector<Token> LexFile(const std::string &path);
-        std::vector<Token> LexString(const std::string &data);
-        void LexFileDumpTokens(const std::string &path, const std::string &out);
+        std::vector<Token> LexFile(const QString &path);
 
     private:
         std::vector<Token> Lex();
diff --git a/include/lib/fex/parser.h b/include/lib/fex/parser.h
index 6a6b9e43..b73dd81e 100644
--- a/include/lib/fex/parser.h
+++ b/include/lib/fex/parser.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace fex
         std::vector<Array> ParseTopLevelArrays(std::vector<Token> tokens);
         std::map<std::string, ArrayValue> ParseTopLevelObjects(std::vector<Token> tokens);
 
-        std::map<std::string, int> ReadDefines(const std::string &filename, std::vector<std::string> matching);
+        std::map<std::string, int> ReadDefines(const QString &filename, std::vector<std::string> matching);
 
     private:
         int EvaluateExpression(std::vector<Token> tokens);
diff --git a/src/core/parseutil.cpp b/src/core/parseutil.cpp
index 9664fdc7..2c357776 100644
--- a/src/core/parseutil.cpp
+++ b/src/core/parseutil.cpp
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ bool ParseUtil::gameStringToBool(QString gameString, bool * ok) {
 QMap<QString, QHash<QString, QString>> ParseUtil::readCStructs(const QString &filename, const QString &label, const QHash<int, QString> memberMap) {
     QString filePath = this->root + "/" + filename;
     auto cParser = fex::Parser();
-    auto tokens = fex::Lexer().LexFile(filePath.toStdString());
+    auto tokens = fex::Lexer().LexFile(filePath);
     auto structs = cParser.ParseTopLevelObjects(tokens);
     QMap<QString, QHash<QString, QString>> structMaps;
     for (auto it = structs.begin(); it != structs.end(); it++) {
diff --git a/src/lib/fex/lexer.cpp b/src/lib/fex/lexer.cpp
index 2dd4b249..e8545f2e 100644
--- a/src/lib/fex/lexer.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/fex/lexer.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <QFile>
 
 namespace fex
 {
@@ -155,48 +156,26 @@ namespace fex
         return Token(Token::Type::kDefine, filename_, line_number_);
     }
 
-    std::vector<Token> Lexer::LexString(const std::string &data)
+    std::vector<Token> Lexer::LexFile(const QString &path)
     {
-        filename_ = "string literal";
-        line_number_ = 1;
-        index_ = 0;
-        data_ = data;
-
-        return Lex();
-    }
-
-    std::vector<Token> Lexer::LexFile(const std::string &path)
-    {
-        filename_ = path;
+        filename_ = path.toStdString();
         line_number_ = 1;
 
-        std::ifstream file;
-        file.open(path);
+        // Note: Using QFile instead of ifstream to handle encoding differences between platforms
+        //       (specifically to handle accented characters on Windows)
+        QFile file(path);
+        file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
 
-        std::stringstream stream;
-        stream << file.rdbuf();
+        const QByteArray data = file.readAll();
 
         index_ = 0;
-        data_ = stream.str();
+        data_ = data.toStdString();
 
         file.close();
 
         return Lex();
     }
 
-    void Lexer::LexFileDumpTokens(const std::string &path, const std::string &out)
-    {
-        std::ofstream file;
-        file.open(out);
-
-        for (Token token : LexFile(path))
-        {
-            file << token.ToString() << std::endl;
-        }
-
-        file.close();
-    }
-
     std::vector<Token> Lexer::Lex()
     {
         std::vector<Token> tokens;
diff --git a/src/lib/fex/parser.cpp b/src/lib/fex/parser.cpp
index bb5c90a8..2e2a6f3e 100644
--- a/src/lib/fex/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/fex/parser.cpp
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ namespace fex
         return DefineStatement(identifer, value);
     }
 
-    std::map<std::string, int> Parser::ReadDefines(const std::string &filename, std::vector<std::string> matching)
+    std::map<std::string, int> Parser::ReadDefines(const QString &filename, std::vector<std::string> matching)
     {
         std::map<std::string, int> out;