diff --git a/sources/ElementsCollection/elementslocation.cpp b/sources/ElementsCollection/elementslocation.cpp
index b9b56cad6..9ab1506d2 100644
--- a/sources/ElementsCollection/elementslocation.cpp
+++ b/sources/ElementsCollection/elementslocation.cpp
@@ -703,11 +703,11 @@ pugi::xml_document ElementsLocation::pugiXml() const
 	if (!m_project)
 	{
 #ifndef Q_OS_LINUX
-		if (docu.load_file(m_file_system_path.toStdString().c_str())) {
+		if (docu.load_file(m_file_system_path.toStdWString().c_str())) {
 			docu.save(m_string_stream);
 		}
 #else
-		docu.load_file(m_file_system_path.toStdString().c_str());
+		docu.load_file(m_file_system_path.toStdWString().c_str());
 #endif
 	}
 	else
diff --git a/sources/ElementsCollection/fileelementcollectionitem.cpp b/sources/ElementsCollection/fileelementcollectionitem.cpp
index 18ba33af6..15274722c 100644
--- a/sources/ElementsCollection/fileelementcollectionitem.cpp
+++ b/sources/ElementsCollection/fileelementcollectionitem.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ QString FileElementCollectionItem::localName()
 		{
 			QString str(fileSystemPath() % "/qet_directory");
 			pugi::xml_document docu;
-			if(docu.load_file(str.toStdString().c_str()))
+			if(docu.load_file(str.toStdWString().c_str()))
 			{
 				if (QString(docu.document_element().name())
 					== "qet-directory")