diff --git a/src/torrentcreator/torrentcreatordlg.cpp b/src/torrentcreator/torrentcreatordlg.cpp
index f5d642bb5..02cd856cb 100644
--- a/src/torrentcreator/torrentcreatordlg.cpp
+++ b/src/torrentcreator/torrentcreatordlg.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void TorrentCreatorDlg::on_createButton_clicked() {
   connect(creatorThread, SIGNAL(creationSuccess(QString, QString)), this, SLOT(handleCreationSuccess(QString, QString)));
   connect(creatorThread, SIGNAL(creationFailure(QString)), this, SLOT(handleCreationFailure(QString)));
   connect(creatorThread, SIGNAL(updateProgress(int)), this, SLOT(updateProgressBar(int)));
-  creatorThread->create(input, destination, trackers, url_seeds, comment, check_private->isChecked(), getPieceSize());
+  creatorThread->create(input, QDir::toNativeSeparators(destination), trackers, url_seeds, comment, check_private->isChecked(), getPieceSize());
 }
 
 void TorrentCreatorDlg::handleCreationFailure(QString msg) {
diff --git a/src/torrentcreator/torrentcreatorthread.cpp b/src/torrentcreator/torrentcreatorthread.cpp
index caf488f64..68803d97d 100644
--- a/src/torrentcreator/torrentcreatorthread.cpp
+++ b/src/torrentcreator/torrentcreatorthread.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,14 @@ void TorrentCreatorThread::run() {
     if (abort) return;
     // create the torrent and print it to out
     qDebug("Saving to %s", qPrintable(save_path));
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    wchar_t *wsave_path = new wchar_t[save_path.length()];
+    save_path.toWCharArray(wsave_path);
+    std::ofstream outfile(wsave_path, std::ios_base::out|std::ios_base::binary);
+    delete[] wsave_path;
+#else
     std::ofstream outfile(save_path.toLocal8Bit().constData(), std::ios_base::out|std::ios_base::binary);
+#endif
     if (outfile.fail())
       throw std::exception();
     bencode(std::ostream_iterator<char>(outfile), t.generate());