diff --git a/debug.cpp b/debug.cpp
index 6645250d7..0c63079ef 100644
--- a/debug.cpp
+++ b/debug.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void setup_debug() {
 	debug_file.setFileName(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation) + "/debug_log");
 	if (debug_file.open(QFile::WriteOnly)) {
 		QString debug_intro = "Olive Session " + QString::number(QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch());
-		debug_file.write(debug_intro.toLatin1());
+		debug_file.write(debug_intro.toUtf8());
 	} else {
 		debug_out = QMessageLogger(QT_MESSAGELOG_FILE, QT_MESSAGELOG_LINE, QT_MESSAGELOG_FUNC).debug();
 	}
diff --git a/io/exportthread.cpp b/io/exportthread.cpp
index 320543529..52e6e6999 100644
--- a/io/exportthread.cpp
+++ b/io/exportthread.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ bool ExportThread::setupVideo() {
 
 		switch (video_compression_type) {
 		case COMPRESSION_TYPE_CFR:
-			av_opt_set(vcodec_ctx->priv_data, "crf", QString::number(static_cast<int>(video_bitrate)).toLatin1(), AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
+			av_opt_set(vcodec_ctx->priv_data, "crf", QString::number(static_cast<int>(video_bitrate)).toUtf8(), AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ void ExportThread::run() {
 	}
 
 	// copy filename
-	QByteArray ba = filename.toLatin1();
+	QByteArray ba = filename.toUtf8();
 	c_filename = new char[ba.size()+1];
 	strcpy(c_filename, ba.data());
 
diff --git a/io/previewgenerator.cpp b/io/previewgenerator.cpp
index 5b9cc097b..696c7987a 100644
--- a/io/previewgenerator.cpp
+++ b/io/previewgenerator.cpp
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ void PreviewGenerator::run() {
     Q_ASSERT(footage != NULL);
     Q_ASSERT(media != NULL);
 
-    QByteArray ba = footage->url.toLatin1();
+	QByteArray ba = footage->url.toUtf8();
     char* filename = new char[ba.size()+1];
 	strcpy(filename, ba.data());
 
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ void PreviewGenerator::run() {
             QFileInfo file_info(footage->url);
             QString cache_file = footage->url.mid(footage->url.lastIndexOf('/')+1) + QString::number(file_info.size()) + QString::number(file_info.lastModified().toMSecsSinceEpoch());
             //dout << "using hash" << cache_file;
-			QString hash = QCryptographicHash::hash(cache_file.toLatin1(), QCryptographicHash::Md5).toHex();
+			QString hash = QCryptographicHash::hash(cache_file.toUtf8(), QCryptographicHash::Md5).toHex();
 
 			if (retrieve_preview(hash)) {
                 sem.acquire();
diff --git a/project/effect.cpp b/project/effect.cpp
index 9940e8b43..153987319 100644
--- a/project/effect.cpp
+++ b/project/effect.cpp
@@ -791,17 +791,17 @@ void Effect::process_shader(double timecode, GLTextureCoords&) {
 			if (!field->id.isEmpty()) {
 				switch (field->type) {
 				case EFFECT_FIELD_DOUBLE:
-					glslProgram->setUniformValue(field->id.toLatin1().constData(), (GLfloat) field->get_double_value(timecode));
+					glslProgram->setUniformValue(field->id.toUtf8().constData(), (GLfloat) field->get_double_value(timecode));
 					break;
 				case EFFECT_FIELD_COLOR:
-                    glslProgram->setUniformValue(field->id.toLatin1().constData(), field->get_color_value(timecode).redF(), field->get_color_value(timecode).greenF(), field->get_color_value(timecode).blueF());
+					glslProgram->setUniformValue(field->id.toUtf8().constData(), field->get_color_value(timecode).redF(), field->get_color_value(timecode).greenF(), field->get_color_value(timecode).blueF());
 					break;
 				case EFFECT_FIELD_STRING: break; // can you even send a string to a uniform value?
 				case EFFECT_FIELD_BOOL:
-					glslProgram->setUniformValue(field->id.toLatin1().constData(), field->get_bool_value(timecode));
+					glslProgram->setUniformValue(field->id.toUtf8().constData(), field->get_bool_value(timecode));
 					break;
 				case EFFECT_FIELD_COMBO:
-					glslProgram->setUniformValue(field->id.toLatin1().constData(), field->get_combo_index(timecode));
+					glslProgram->setUniformValue(field->id.toUtf8().constData(), field->get_combo_index(timecode));
 					break;
 				case EFFECT_FIELD_FONT: break; // can you even send a string to a uniform value?
 				}