diff --git a/src/app/filelogger.cpp b/src/app/filelogger.cpp
index 46a2afb93..120846807 100644
--- a/src/app/filelogger.cpp
+++ b/src/app/filelogger.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void FileLogger::changePath(const Path &newPath)
 
     closeLogFile();
 
-    m_path = newPath / Path("qbittorrent.log");
+    m_path = newPath / Path(u"qbittorrent.log"_qs);
     m_logFile.setFileName(m_path.data());
 
     Utils::Fs::mkpath(newPath);
diff --git a/src/app/upgrade.cpp b/src/app/upgrade.cpp
index 1a991839d..feb733380 100644
--- a/src/app/upgrade.cpp
+++ b/src/app/upgrade.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <QMetaEnum>
 
 #include "base/bittorrent/torrentcontentlayout.h"
+#include "base/global.h"
 #include "base/logger.h"
 #include "base/net/proxyconfigurationmanager.h"
 #include "base/preferences.h"
@@ -75,10 +76,10 @@ namespace
         const Path configPath = specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Config);
         migrate(QLatin1String("Preferences/WebUI/HTTPS/Certificate")
             , QLatin1String("Preferences/WebUI/HTTPS/CertificatePath")
-            , (configPath / Path("WebUICertificate.crt")));
+            , (configPath / Path(u"WebUICertificate.crt"_qs)));
         migrate(QLatin1String("Preferences/WebUI/HTTPS/Key")
             , QLatin1String("Preferences/WebUI/HTTPS/KeyPath")
-            , (configPath / Path("WebUIPrivateKey.pem")));
+            , (configPath / Path(u"WebUIPrivateKey.pem"_qs)));
     }
 
     void upgradeTorrentContentLayout()
diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/bencoderesumedatastorage.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/bencoderesumedatastorage.cpp
index 6f3f5cb0d..eaefcbf5a 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/bencoderesumedatastorage.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/bencoderesumedatastorage.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ BitTorrent::BencodeResumeDataStorage::BencodeResumeDataStorage(const Path &path,
              m_registeredTorrents.append(TorrentID::fromString(rxMatch.captured(1)));
     }
 
-    loadQueue(m_resumeDataPath / Path("queue"));
+    loadQueue(m_resumeDataPath / Path(u"queue"_qs));
 
     qDebug() << "Registered torrents count: " << m_registeredTorrents.size();
 
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ void BitTorrent::BencodeResumeDataStorage::Worker::storeQueue(const QVector<Torr
     for (const BitTorrent::TorrentID &torrentID : queue)
         data += (torrentID.toString().toLatin1() + '\n');
 
-    const Path filepath = m_resumeDataDir / Path("queue");
+    const Path filepath = m_resumeDataDir / Path(u"queue"_qs);
     const nonstd::expected<void, QString> result = Utils::IO::saveToFile(filepath, data);
     if (!result)
     {
diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index 2ec5dbf4c..735acf0b7 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 
 using namespace BitTorrent;
 
-const Path CATEGORIES_FILE_NAME {"categories.json"};
+const Path CATEGORIES_FILE_NAME {u"categories.json"_qs};
 
 namespace
 {
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ Session::Session(QObject *parent)
     , m_storedTags(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("Tags"))
     , m_maxRatioAction(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("MaxRatioAction"), Pause)
     , m_savePath(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("DefaultSavePath"), specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Downloads))
-    , m_downloadPath(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("TempPath"), (savePath() / Path("temp")))
+    , m_downloadPath(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("TempPath"), (savePath() / Path(u"temp"_qs)))
     , m_isDownloadPathEnabled(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("TempPathEnabled"), false)
     , m_isSubcategoriesEnabled(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("SubcategoriesEnabled"), false)
     , m_useCategoryPathsInManualMode(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("UseCategoryPathsInManualMode"), false)
@@ -2556,7 +2556,7 @@ void Session::setSavePath(const Path &path)
 
 void Session::setDownloadPath(const Path &path)
 {
-    const Path newPath = (path.isAbsolute() ? path : (savePath() / Path("temp") / path));
+    const Path newPath = (path.isAbsolute() ? path : (savePath() / Path(u"temp"_qs) / path));
     if (newPath == m_downloadPath)
         return;
 
@@ -4451,7 +4451,7 @@ void Session::startUpTorrents()
 {
     qDebug("Initializing torrents resume data storage...");
 
-    const Path dbPath = specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) / Path("torrents.db");
+    const Path dbPath = specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) / Path(u"torrents.db"_qs);
     const bool dbStorageExists = dbPath.exists();
 
     ResumeDataStorage *startupStorage = nullptr;
@@ -4461,13 +4461,13 @@ void Session::startUpTorrents()
 
         if (!dbStorageExists)
         {
-            const Path dataPath = specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) / Path("BT_backup");
+            const Path dataPath = specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) / Path(u"BT_backup"_qs);
             startupStorage = new BencodeResumeDataStorage(dataPath, this);
         }
     }
     else
     {
-        const Path dataPath = specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) / Path("BT_backup");
+        const Path dataPath = specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) / Path(u"BT_backup"_qs);
         m_resumeDataStorage = new BencodeResumeDataStorage(dataPath, this);
 
         if (dbStorageExists)
diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp
index 030c87f21..3dda27e6b 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ TorrentImpl::TorrentImpl(Session *session, lt::session *nativeSession
 
             // Remove .unwanted directory if empty
             const Path newPath = spath / newRelPath;
-            qDebug() << "Attempting to remove \".unwanted\" folder at " << (newPath / Path(".unwanted")).toString();
-            Utils::Fs::rmdir(newPath / Path(".unwanted"));
+            qDebug() << "Attempting to remove \".unwanted\" folder at " << (newPath / Path(u".unwanted"_qs)).toString();
+            Utils::Fs::rmdir(newPath / Path(u".unwanted"_qs));
         }
     }
     // == END UPGRADE CODE ==
diff --git a/src/base/global.h b/src/base/global.h
index 8d5f38981..fdb251b94 100644
--- a/src/base/global.h
+++ b/src/base/global.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #define QBT_APP_64BIT
 #endif
 
-inline const char C_TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION[] = ".torrent";
 inline const int MAX_TORRENT_SIZE = 100 * 1024 * 1024; // 100 MiB
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -56,3 +55,5 @@ inline QString operator"" _qs(const char16_t *str, const std::size_t size)
     return QString::fromRawData(reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(str), static_cast<int>(size));
 }
 #endif
+
+inline const QString TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION = u".torrent"_qs;
diff --git a/src/base/http/requestparser.cpp b/src/base/http/requestparser.cpp
index 254a583a7..996a9267d 100644
--- a/src/base/http/requestparser.cpp
+++ b/src/base/http/requestparser.cpp
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ bool RequestParser::parseFormData(const QByteArray &data)
     const QList<QStringView> headerLines = QStringView(headers).split(QString::fromLatin1(CRLF), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
     for (const auto &line : headerLines)
     {
-        if (line.trimmed().startsWith(QString::fromLatin1(HEADER_CONTENT_DISPOSITION), Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+        if (line.trimmed().startsWith(HEADER_CONTENT_DISPOSITION, Qt::CaseInsensitive))
         {
             // extract out filename & name
             const QList<QStringView> directives = line.split(u';', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
diff --git a/src/base/http/types.h b/src/base/http/types.h
index a63a601d0..27448bded 100644
--- a/src/base/http/types.h
+++ b/src/base/http/types.h
@@ -33,43 +33,45 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QVector>
 
+#include "base/global.h"
+
 namespace Http
 {
-    inline const char METHOD_GET[] = "GET";
-    inline const char METHOD_POST[] = "POST";
-
-    inline const char HEADER_CACHE_CONTROL[] = "cache-control";
-    inline const char HEADER_CONNECTION[] = "connection";
-    inline const char HEADER_CONTENT_DISPOSITION[] = "content-disposition";
-    inline const char HEADER_CONTENT_ENCODING[] = "content-encoding";
-    inline const char HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH[] = "content-length";
-    inline const char HEADER_CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY[] = "content-security-policy";
-    inline const char HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE[] = "content-type";
-    inline const char HEADER_DATE[] = "date";
-    inline const char HEADER_HOST[] = "host";
-    inline const char HEADER_ORIGIN[] = "origin";
-    inline const char HEADER_REFERER[] = "referer";
-    inline const char HEADER_REFERRER_POLICY[] = "referrer-policy";
-    inline const char HEADER_SET_COOKIE[] = "set-cookie";
-    inline const char HEADER_X_CONTENT_TYPE_OPTIONS[] = "x-content-type-options";
-    inline const char HEADER_X_FORWARDED_FOR[] = "x-forwarded-for";
-    inline const char HEADER_X_FORWARDED_HOST[] = "x-forwarded-host";
-    inline const char HEADER_X_FRAME_OPTIONS[] = "x-frame-options";
-    inline const char HEADER_X_XSS_PROTECTION[] = "x-xss-protection";
-
-    inline const char HEADER_REQUEST_METHOD_GET[] = "GET";
-    inline const char HEADER_REQUEST_METHOD_HEAD[] = "HEAD";
-    inline const char HEADER_REQUEST_METHOD_POST[] = "POST";
-
-    inline const char CONTENT_TYPE_HTML[] = "text/html";
-    inline const char CONTENT_TYPE_CSS[] = "text/css";
-    inline const char CONTENT_TYPE_TXT[] = "text/plain; charset=UTF-8";
-    inline const char CONTENT_TYPE_JS[] = "application/javascript";
-    inline const char CONTENT_TYPE_JSON[] = "application/json";
-    inline const char CONTENT_TYPE_GIF[] = "image/gif";
-    inline const char CONTENT_TYPE_PNG[] = "image/png";
-    inline const char CONTENT_TYPE_FORM_ENCODED[] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
-    inline const char CONTENT_TYPE_FORM_DATA[] = "multipart/form-data";
+    inline const QString METHOD_GET = u"GET"_qs;
+    inline const QString METHOD_POST = u"POST"_qs;
+
+    inline const QString HEADER_CACHE_CONTROL = u"cache-control"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_CONNECTION = u"connection"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_CONTENT_DISPOSITION = u"content-disposition"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_CONTENT_ENCODING = u"content-encoding"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH = u"content-length"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY = u"content-security-policy"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE = u"content-type"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_DATE = u"date"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_HOST = u"host"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_ORIGIN = u"origin"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_REFERER = u"referer"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_REFERRER_POLICY = u"referrer-policy"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_SET_COOKIE = u"set-cookie"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_X_CONTENT_TYPE_OPTIONS = u"x-content-type-options"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_X_FORWARDED_FOR = u"x-forwarded-for"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_X_FORWARDED_HOST = u"x-forwarded-host"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_X_FRAME_OPTIONS = u"x-frame-options"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_X_XSS_PROTECTION = u"x-xss-protection"_qs;
+
+    inline const QString HEADER_REQUEST_METHOD_GET = u"GET"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_REQUEST_METHOD_HEAD = u"HEAD"_qs;
+    inline const QString HEADER_REQUEST_METHOD_POST = u"POST"_qs;
+
+    inline const QString CONTENT_TYPE_HTML = u"text/html"_qs;
+    inline const QString CONTENT_TYPE_CSS = u"text/css"_qs;
+    inline const QString CONTENT_TYPE_TXT = u"text/plain; charset=UTF-8"_qs;
+    inline const QString CONTENT_TYPE_JS = u"application/javascript"_qs;
+    inline const QString CONTENT_TYPE_JSON = u"application/json"_qs;
+    inline const QString CONTENT_TYPE_GIF = u"image/gif"_qs;
+    inline const QString CONTENT_TYPE_PNG = u"image/png"_qs;
+    inline const QString CONTENT_TYPE_FORM_ENCODED = u"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"_qs;
+    inline const QString CONTENT_TYPE_FORM_DATA = u"multipart/form-data"_qs;
 
     // portability: "\r\n" doesn't guarantee mapping to the correct symbol
     inline const char CRLF[] = {0x0D, 0x0A, '\0'};
diff --git a/src/base/net/geoipmanager.cpp b/src/base/net/geoipmanager.cpp
index 18ddd04f9..a9aae5944 100644
--- a/src/base/net/geoipmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/geoipmanager.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <QHostAddress>
 #include <QLocale>
 
+#include "base/global.h"
 #include "base/logger.h"
 #include "base/preferences.h"
 #include "base/profile.h"
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@
 #include "geoipdatabase.h"
 
 const QString DATABASE_URL = QStringLiteral("https://download.db-ip.com/free/dbip-country-lite-%1.mmdb.gz");
-const char GEODB_FOLDER[] = "GeoDB";
-const char GEODB_FILENAME[] = "dbip-country-lite.mmdb";
+const QString GEODB_FOLDER = u"GeoDB"_qs;
+const QString GEODB_FILENAME = u"dbip-country-lite.mmdb"_qs;
 
 using namespace Net;
 
diff --git a/src/base/path.cpp b/src/base/path.cpp
index 292163c98..02449d042 100644
--- a/src/base/path.cpp
+++ b/src/base/path.cpp
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@ Path::Path(const std::string &pathStr)
 {
 }
 
-Path::Path(const char pathStr[])
-    : Path(QString::fromLatin1(pathStr))
-{
-}
-
 bool Path::isValid() const
 {
     if (isEmpty())
@@ -211,11 +206,6 @@ Path &Path::operator+=(const QString &str)
     return *this;
 }
 
-Path &Path::operator+=(const char str[])
-{
-    return (*this += QString::fromLatin1(str));
-}
-
 Path &Path::operator+=(const std::string &str)
 {
     return (*this += QString::fromStdString(str));
diff --git a/src/base/path.h b/src/base/path.h
index 1abef4e02..614ba640f 100644
--- a/src/base/path.h
+++ b/src/base/path.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ public:
     Path() = default;
 
     explicit Path(const QString &pathStr);
-    explicit Path(const char pathStr[]);
     explicit Path(const std::string &pathStr);
 
     bool isValid() const;
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ public:
 
     Path &operator/=(const Path &other);
     Path &operator+=(const QString &str);
-    Path &operator+=(const char str[]);
     Path &operator+=(const std::string &str);
 
     static Path commonPath(const Path &left, const Path &right);
diff --git a/src/base/profile_p.cpp b/src/base/profile_p.cpp
index 44dde0feb..7c0230409 100644
--- a/src/base/profile_p.cpp
+++ b/src/base/profile_p.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 
+#include "base/global.h"
 #include "base/utils/fs.h"
 
 Private::Profile::Profile(const QString &configurationName)
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ Path Private::DefaultProfile::dataLocation() const
     // On Linux keep using the legacy directory ~/.local/share/data/ if it exists
     const Path genericDataPath {QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation)};
     const Path profilePath {profileName()};
-    const Path legacyDir = genericDataPath / Path("data") / profilePath;
+    const Path legacyDir = genericDataPath / Path(u"data"_qs) / profilePath;
 
     const Path dataDir = genericDataPath / profilePath;
 
@@ -130,10 +131,10 @@ Private::CustomProfile::CustomProfile(const Path &rootPath, const QString &confi
     : Profile {configurationName}
     , m_rootPath {rootPath}
     , m_basePath {m_rootPath / Path(profileName())}
-    , m_cacheLocation {m_basePath / Path("cache")}
-    , m_configLocation {m_basePath / Path("config")}
-    , m_dataLocation {m_basePath / Path("data")}
-    , m_downloadLocation {m_basePath / Path("downloads")}
+    , m_cacheLocation {m_basePath / Path(u"cache"_qs)}
+    , m_configLocation {m_basePath / Path(u"config"_qs)}
+    , m_dataLocation {m_basePath / Path(u"data"_qs)}
+    , m_downloadLocation {m_basePath / Path(u"downloads"_qs)}
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/base/search/searchdownloadhandler.cpp b/src/base/search/searchdownloadhandler.cpp
index b20c64aa2..dbbee9bbd 100644
--- a/src/base/search/searchdownloadhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/base/search/searchdownloadhandler.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include <QProcess>
 
+#include "base/global.h"
 #include "base/path.h"
 #include "base/utils/foreignapps.h"
 #include "base/utils/fs.h"
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ SearchDownloadHandler::SearchDownloadHandler(const QString &siteUrl, const QStri
             , this, &SearchDownloadHandler::downloadProcessFinished);
     const QStringList params
     {
-        (m_manager->engineLocation() / Path("nova2dl.py")).toString(),
+        (m_manager->engineLocation() / Path(u"nova2dl.py"_qs)).toString(),
         siteUrl,
         url
     };
diff --git a/src/base/search/searchhandler.cpp b/src/base/search/searchhandler.cpp
index d92c1752a..c685b4b7a 100644
--- a/src/base/search/searchhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/base/search/searchhandler.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ SearchHandler::SearchHandler(const QString &pattern, const QString &category, co
 
     const QStringList params
     {
-        (m_manager->engineLocation() / Path("nova2.py")).toString(),
+        (m_manager->engineLocation() / Path(u"nova2.py"_qs)).toString(),
         m_usedPlugins.join(','),
         m_category
     };
diff --git a/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp b/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
index de0701643..adea31d1e 100644
--- a/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ QString SearchPluginManager::pluginFullName(const QString &pluginName)
 
 Path SearchPluginManager::pluginsLocation()
 {
-    return (engineLocation() / Path("engines"));
+    return (engineLocation() / Path(u"engines"_qs));
 }
 
 Path SearchPluginManager::engineLocation()
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ Path SearchPluginManager::engineLocation()
     static Path location;
     if (location.isEmpty())
     {
-        location = specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) / Path("nova3");
+        location = specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) / Path(u"nova3"_qs);
         Utils::Fs::mkpath(location);
     }
 
@@ -416,20 +416,20 @@ void SearchPluginManager::updateNova()
     // create nova directory if necessary
     const Path enginePath = engineLocation();
 
-    QFile packageFile {(enginePath / Path("__init__.py")).data()};
+    QFile packageFile {(enginePath / Path(u"__init__.py"_qs)).data()};
     packageFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
     packageFile.close();
 
-    Utils::Fs::mkdir(enginePath / Path("engines"));
+    Utils::Fs::mkdir(enginePath / Path(u"engines"_qs));
 
-    QFile packageFile2 {(enginePath / Path("engines/__init__.py")).data()};
+    QFile packageFile2 {(enginePath / Path(u"engines/__init__.py"_qs)).data()};
     packageFile2.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
     packageFile2.close();
 
     // Copy search plugin files (if necessary)
     const auto updateFile = [&enginePath](const Path &filename, const bool compareVersion)
     {
-        const Path filePathBundled = Path(":/searchengine/nova3") / filename;
+        const Path filePathBundled = Path(u":/searchengine/nova3"_qs) / filename;
         const Path filePathDisk = enginePath / filename;
 
         if (compareVersion && (getPluginVersion(filePathBundled) <= getPluginVersion(filePathDisk)))
@@ -439,12 +439,12 @@ void SearchPluginManager::updateNova()
         Utils::Fs::copyFile(filePathBundled, filePathDisk);
     };
 
-    updateFile(Path("helpers.py"), true);
-    updateFile(Path("nova2.py"), true);
-    updateFile(Path("nova2dl.py"), true);
-    updateFile(Path("novaprinter.py"), true);
-    updateFile(Path("sgmllib3.py"), false);
-    updateFile(Path("socks.py"), false);
+    updateFile(Path(u"helpers.py"_qs), true);
+    updateFile(Path(u"nova2.py"_qs), true);
+    updateFile(Path(u"nova2dl.py"_qs), true);
+    updateFile(Path(u"novaprinter.py"_qs), true);
+    updateFile(Path(u"sgmllib3.py"_qs), false);
+    updateFile(Path(u"socks.py"_qs), false);
 }
 
 void SearchPluginManager::update()
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ void SearchPluginManager::update()
     QProcess nova;
     nova.setProcessEnvironment(QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
 
-    const QStringList params {(engineLocation() / Path("/nova2.py")).toString(), QLatin1String("--capabilities")};
+    const QStringList params {(engineLocation() / Path(u"/nova2.py"_qs)).toString(), QLatin1String("--capabilities")};
     nova.start(Utils::ForeignApps::pythonInfo().executableName, params, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
     nova.waitForFinished();
 
diff --git a/src/base/utils/fs.cpp b/src/base/utils/fs.cpp
index 7234d4232..ffb97bf07 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/fs.cpp
+++ b/src/base/utils/fs.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ qint64 Utils::Fs::freeDiskSpaceOnPath(const Path &path)
 
 Path Utils::Fs::tempPath()
 {
-    static const Path path = Path(QDir::tempPath()) / Path(".qBittorrent");
+    static const Path path = Path(QDir::tempPath()) / Path(u".qBittorrent"_qs);
     mkdir(path);
     return path;
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/aboutdialog.cpp b/src/gui/aboutdialog.cpp
index c8f16e489..e0388f990 100644
--- a/src/gui/aboutdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/aboutdialog.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include <QFile>
 
+#include "base/global.h"
 #include "base/path.h"
 #include "base/unicodestrings.h"
 #include "base/utils/misc.h"
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget *parent)
             , tr("Bug Tracker:"));
     m_ui->labelAbout->setText(aboutText);
 
-    m_ui->labelMascot->setPixmap(Utils::Gui::scaledPixmap(Path(":/icons/mascot.png"), this));
+    m_ui->labelMascot->setPixmap(Utils::Gui::scaledPixmap(Path(u":/icons/mascot.png"_qs), this));
 
     // Thanks
     QFile thanksfile(":/thanks.html");
diff --git a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
index ad03f89ab..57f270baa 100644
--- a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
@@ -567,23 +567,21 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::saveTorrentFile()
 {
     Q_ASSERT(hasMetadata());
 
-    const QString torrentFileExtension {C_TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION};
-    const QString filter {tr("Torrent file (*%1)").arg(torrentFileExtension)};
+    const QString filter {tr("Torrent file (*%1)").arg(TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION)};
 
-    QString path = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(
-                this, tr("Save as torrent file")
-                , QDir::home().absoluteFilePath(m_torrentInfo.name() + torrentFileExtension)
-                , filter);
+    Path path {QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this, tr("Save as torrent file")
+                , QDir::home().absoluteFilePath(m_torrentInfo.name() + TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION)
+                , filter)};
     if (path.isEmpty()) return;
 
-    if (!path.endsWith(torrentFileExtension, Qt::CaseInsensitive))
-        path += torrentFileExtension;
+    if (!path.hasExtension(TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION))
+        path += TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION;
 
-    const nonstd::expected<void, QString> result = m_torrentInfo.saveToFile(Path(path));
+    const nonstd::expected<void, QString> result = m_torrentInfo.saveToFile(path);
     if (!result)
     {
         QMessageBox::critical(this, tr("I/O Error")
-            , tr("Couldn't export torrent metadata file '%1'. Reason: %2.").arg(path, result.error()));
+            , tr("Couldn't export torrent metadata file '%1'. Reason: %2.").arg(path.toString(), result.error()));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index b96575aa1..f29a7ef68 100644
--- a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace
     bool isTorrentLink(const QString &str)
     {
         return str.startsWith(QLatin1String("magnet:"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)
-            || str.endsWith(QLatin1String(C_TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION), Qt::CaseInsensitive)
+            || str.endsWith(TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION, Qt::CaseInsensitive)
             || (!str.startsWith(QLatin1String("file:"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)
                 && Net::DownloadManager::hasSupportedScheme(str));
     }
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionOpen_triggered()
     // Note: it is possible to select more than one file
     const QStringList pathsList =
         QFileDialog::getOpenFileNames(this, tr("Open Torrent Files"), pref->getMainLastDir().data(),
-                                      tr("Torrent Files") + " (*" + C_TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION + ')');
+                                      tr("Torrent Files") + u" (*" + TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION + u')');
 
     if (pathsList.isEmpty())
         return;
diff --git a/src/gui/rss/htmlbrowser.cpp b/src/gui/rss/htmlbrowser.cpp
index 4bbd71cfd..6bd4c49cb 100644
--- a/src/gui/rss/htmlbrowser.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rss/htmlbrowser.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <QScrollBar>
 #include <QStyle>
 
+#include "base/global.h"
 #include "base/path.h"
 #include "base/profile.h"
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ HtmlBrowser::HtmlBrowser(QWidget *parent)
 {
     m_netManager = new QNetworkAccessManager(this);
     m_diskCache = new QNetworkDiskCache(this);
-    m_diskCache->setCacheDirectory((specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Cache) / Path("rss")).data());
+    m_diskCache->setCacheDirectory((specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Cache) / Path(u"rss"_qs)).data());
     m_diskCache->setMaximumCacheSize(50 * 1024 * 1024);
     qDebug() << "HtmlBrowser  cache path:" << m_diskCache->cacheDirectory() << " max size:" << m_diskCache->maximumCacheSize() / 1024 / 1024 << "MB";
     m_netManager->setCache(m_diskCache);
diff --git a/src/gui/torrentcreatordialog.cpp b/src/gui/torrentcreatordialog.cpp
index 491539808..6af508b41 100644
--- a/src/gui/torrentcreatordialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/torrentcreatordialog.cpp
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ void TorrentCreatorDialog::onCreateButtonClicked()
     Path destPath {QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this, tr("Select where to save the new torrent"), savePath.data(), tr("Torrent Files (*.torrent)"))};
     if (destPath.isEmpty())
         return;
-    if (!destPath.hasExtension(C_TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION))
-        destPath += C_TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION;
+    if (!destPath.hasExtension(TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION))
+        destPath += TORRENT_FILE_EXTENSION;
     m_storeLastSavePath = destPath.parentPath();
 
     // Disable dialog & set busy cursor
diff --git a/src/gui/uithememanager.cpp b/src/gui/uithememanager.cpp
index 4f033b63f..5dea4e9ac 100644
--- a/src/gui/uithememanager.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/uithememanager.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <QPalette>
 #include <QResource>
 
+#include "base/global.h"
 #include "base/logger.h"
 #include "base/path.h"
 #include "base/preferences.h"
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@
 
 namespace
 {
-    const Path DEFAULT_ICONS_DIR {":icons"};
+    const Path DEFAULT_ICONS_DIR {u":icons"_qs};
     const QString CONFIG_FILE_NAME {QStringLiteral("config.json")};
     const QString STYLESHEET_FILE_NAME {QStringLiteral("stylesheet.qss")};
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ namespace
     // point to a file `file.svg` in root directory of CONFIG_FILE_NAME
     const QString STYLESHEET_RESOURCES_DIR {QStringLiteral(":/uitheme")};
 
-    const Path THEME_ICONS_DIR {"icons"};
+    const Path THEME_ICONS_DIR {u"icons"_qs};
 
     Path findIcon(const QString &iconId, const Path &dir)
     {
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ namespace
         }
 
     private:
-        const Path m_qrcThemeDir {":/uitheme"};
+        const Path m_qrcThemeDir {u":/uitheme"_qs};
         const Path m_qrcIconsDir = m_qrcThemeDir / THEME_ICONS_DIR;
     };
 
diff --git a/src/webui/webapplication.cpp b/src/webui/webapplication.cpp
index 55e78ec44..9596412a0 100644
--- a/src/webui/webapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/webui/webapplication.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void WebApplication::sendWebUIFile()
         if (request().path.startsWith(PATH_PREFIX_ICONS))
         {
             const Path imageFilename {request().path.mid(PATH_PREFIX_ICONS.size())};
-            sendFile(Path(":/icons") / imageFilename);
+            sendFile(Path(u":/icons"_qs) / imageFilename);
             return;
         }
     }
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ void WebApplication::configure()
         m_currentLocale = newLocale;
         m_translatedFiles.clear();
 
-        m_translationFileLoaded = m_translator.load((m_rootFolder / Path("translations/webui_") + newLocale).data());
+        m_translationFileLoaded = m_translator.load((m_rootFolder / Path(u"translations/webui_"_qs) + newLocale).data());
         if (m_translationFileLoaded)
         {
             LogMsg(tr("Web UI translation for selected locale (%1) has been successfully loaded.")
@@ -358,15 +358,15 @@ void WebApplication::configure()
     m_isHttpsEnabled = pref->isWebUiHttpsEnabled();
 
     m_prebuiltHeaders.clear();
-    m_prebuiltHeaders.push_back({QLatin1String(Http::HEADER_X_XSS_PROTECTION), QLatin1String("1; mode=block")});
-    m_prebuiltHeaders.push_back({QLatin1String(Http::HEADER_X_CONTENT_TYPE_OPTIONS), QLatin1String("nosniff")});
+    m_prebuiltHeaders.push_back({Http::HEADER_X_XSS_PROTECTION, QLatin1String("1; mode=block")});
+    m_prebuiltHeaders.push_back({Http::HEADER_X_CONTENT_TYPE_OPTIONS, QLatin1String("nosniff")});
 
     if (!m_isAltUIUsed)
-        m_prebuiltHeaders.push_back({QLatin1String(Http::HEADER_REFERRER_POLICY), QLatin1String("same-origin")});
+        m_prebuiltHeaders.push_back({Http::HEADER_REFERRER_POLICY, QLatin1String("same-origin")});
 
     const bool isClickjackingProtectionEnabled = pref->isWebUiClickjackingProtectionEnabled();
     if (isClickjackingProtectionEnabled)
-        m_prebuiltHeaders.push_back({QLatin1String(Http::HEADER_X_FRAME_OPTIONS), QLatin1String("SAMEORIGIN")});
+        m_prebuiltHeaders.push_back({Http::HEADER_X_FRAME_OPTIONS, QLatin1String("SAMEORIGIN")});
 
     const QString contentSecurityPolicy =
         (m_isAltUIUsed
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ void WebApplication::configure()
         + (isClickjackingProtectionEnabled ? QLatin1String(" frame-ancestors 'self';") : QLatin1String(""))
         + (m_isHttpsEnabled ? QLatin1String(" upgrade-insecure-requests;") : QLatin1String(""));
     if (!contentSecurityPolicy.isEmpty())
-        m_prebuiltHeaders.push_back({QLatin1String(Http::HEADER_CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY), contentSecurityPolicy});
+        m_prebuiltHeaders.push_back({Http::HEADER_CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY, contentSecurityPolicy});
 
     if (pref->isWebUICustomHTTPHeadersEnabled())
     {