diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 79f90735..1eef943f 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void KeyValueConfigBase::load() {
     }
 
     QTextStream in(&file);
+    in.setCodec("UTF-8");
     QList<QString> configLines;
     QRegularExpression re("^(?<key>.+)=(?<value>.+)$");
     while (!in.atEnd()) {
diff --git a/src/project.cpp b/src/project.cpp
index c62af2c3..fd0de92c 100644
--- a/src/project.cpp
+++ b/src/project.cpp
@@ -1248,6 +1248,7 @@ QString Project::readTextFile(QString path) {
         return QString();
     }
     QTextStream in(&file);
+    in.setCodec("UTF-8");
     QString text = "";
     while (!in.atEnd()) {
         text += in.readLine() + "\n";