diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e32ebf5..094a0b3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 1.2.1.1
   + x64 installation package
   * Fixed tab order
+  * Fixed encoding problems
   * Fixed invisible captions in high contrast mode (Windows only, http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/16186)
 
 1.2.1 2014/04/06
diff --git a/src/xmlassociatexsd.cpp b/src/xmlassociatexsd.cpp
index d09efc9..77d19b4 100644
--- a/src/xmlassociatexsd.cpp
+++ b/src/xmlassociatexsd.cpp
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
 #include "replace.h"
 
 XmlAssociateXsd::XmlAssociateXsd (
-    const std::string& path,
+    const wxString &path,
     const char *encoding,
     size_t size )
     : WrapExpat ( encoding )
     , d ( new AssociateXsdData() )
 {
 	d->buffer.reserve ( size );
-	d->path = path;
+	d->path = path.utf8_str(); // TODO: Using the specified "encoding";
 	d->rootElementSeen = false;
 	XML_SetElementHandler ( p, start, end );
 	XML_SetDefaultHandlerExpand ( p, defaulthandler );
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ XmlAssociateXsd::XmlAssociateXsd (
 
 	std::auto_ptr<XmlParseSchemaNs> parser ( new XmlParseSchemaNs() );
 	std::string normalisedPath, buffer;
-	normalisedPath = path;
+	normalisedPath = path.mb_str ( wxConvLocal );
 	Replace::run ( normalisedPath, "%20", " ", true );
 	if ( !ReadFile::run ( normalisedPath, buffer ) )
 		return;
diff --git a/src/xmlassociatexsd.h b/src/xmlassociatexsd.h
index 086fc13..6b07fff 100644
--- a/src/xmlassociatexsd.h
+++ b/src/xmlassociatexsd.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class XmlAssociateXsd : public WrapExpat
 {
 	public:
 		XmlAssociateXsd (
-		    const std::string& path = "",
+		    const wxString &path = wxEmptyString,
 		    const char *encoding = NULL,
 		    size_t size = BUFSIZ );
 		virtual ~XmlAssociateXsd();
diff --git a/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp b/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp
index 1b2fa52..7a84f35 100644
--- a/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp
@@ -5830,7 +5830,7 @@ void MyFrame::OnAssociate ( wxCommandEvent& event )
 
 	if ( id == ID_ASSOCIATE_W3C_SCHEMA )
 	{
-		XmlAssociateXsd parser ( utf8Path, "UTF-8" );
+		XmlAssociateXsd parser ( path, "UTF-8" );
 		if ( !parser.parse ( utf8Buffer ) )
 			return;
 		modifiedBuffer = parser.getBuffer();