diff --git a/src/app/filelogger.cpp b/src/app/filelogger.cpp
index e296b95c2..4220e59ed 100644
--- a/src/app/filelogger.cpp
+++ b/src/app/filelogger.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ void FileLogger::addLogMessage(const Log::Msg &msg)
     if (!m_logFile.isOpen()) return;
 
     QTextStream stream(&m_logFile);
+    stream.setCodec("UTF-8");
 
     switch (msg.type) {
     case Log::INFO: