diff --git a/apps/mwiniimporter/importer.cpp b/apps/mwiniimporter/importer.cpp
index def70615b..5c3dedd04 100644
--- a/apps/mwiniimporter/importer.cpp
+++ b/apps/mwiniimporter/importer.cpp
@@ -649,11 +649,13 @@ MwIniImporter::multistrmap MwIniImporter::loadIniFile(std::string filename) {
     std::string section("");
     MwIniImporter::multistrmap map;
     boost::iostreams::stream<boost::iostreams::file_source>file(filename.c_str());
+    ToUTF8::Utf8Encoder encoder;
+    encoder.setEncoding(mEncoding);
 
     std::string line;
     while (std::getline(file, line)) {
 
-        line = toUTF8(line);
+        line = encoder.getUtf8(line);
 
         // unify Unix-style and Windows file ending
         if (!(line.empty()) && (line[line.length()-1]) == '\r') {
@@ -829,14 +831,6 @@ void MwIniImporter::writeToFile(boost::iostreams::stream<boost::iostreams::file_
     }
 }
 
-std::string MwIniImporter::toUTF8(const std::string &str) {
-    char *ptr = ToUTF8::getBuffer(str.length());
-    strncpy(ptr, str.c_str(), str.length());
-
-    // Convert to UTF8 and return
-    return ToUTF8::getUtf8(mEncoding);
-}
-
 void MwIniImporter::setInputEncoding(const ToUTF8::FromType &encoding)
 {
   mEncoding = encoding;
diff --git a/apps/mwiniimporter/importer.hpp b/apps/mwiniimporter/importer.hpp
index 55742bc09..c87fd3e16 100644
--- a/apps/mwiniimporter/importer.hpp
+++ b/apps/mwiniimporter/importer.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <exception>
 
-#include "../../components/to_utf8/to_utf8.hpp"
+#include <components/to_utf8/to_utf8.hpp>
 
 class MwIniImporter {
   public: