diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9a29c913..82d60e4f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
   // Use UTF-8 conversion for the default C++ locale (used by boost::log)
-  std::locale::global(std::locale(std::locale(), new std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>));
+  std::locale utf8_locale(std::locale(), new std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>);
+  std::locale::global(utf8_locale);
+  boost::filesystem::path::imbue(utf8_locale);
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
   mail::man = std::make_shared<safe::mail_raw_t>();