diff --git a/apps/opencs/editor.cpp b/apps/opencs/editor.cpp
index 942780c32..87660a60b 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/editor.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/editor.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void CS::Editor::setupDataFiles (const Files::PathContainer& dataDirs)
 {
     for (Files::PathContainer::const_iterator iter = dataDirs.begin(); iter != dataDirs.end(); ++iter)
     {
-        QString path = QString::fromStdString(iter->string());
+        QString path = QString::fromUtf8 (iter->string().c_str());
         mFileDialog.addFiles(path);
     }
 }
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void CS::Editor::openFiles (const boost::filesystem::path &savePath)
     std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> files;
 
     foreach (const QString &path, mFileDialog.selectedFilePaths())
-        files.push_back(path.toStdString());
+        files.push_back(path.toUtf8().constData());
 
     CSMDoc::Document *document = mDocumentManager.addDocument (files, savePath, false);
 
@@ -161,10 +161,10 @@ void CS::Editor::createNewFile (const boost::filesystem::path &savePath)
     std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> files;
 
     foreach (const QString &path, mFileDialog.selectedFilePaths()) {
-        files.push_back(path.toStdString());
+        files.push_back(path.toUtf8().constData());
     }
 
-    files.push_back(mFileDialog.filename().toStdString());
+    files.push_back(mFileDialog.filename().toUtf8().constData());
 
     CSMDoc::Document *document = mDocumentManager.addDocument (files, savePath, true);
 
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/tools/tools.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/tools/tools.cpp
index 79a09dcb4..d3d8f5fad 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/tools/tools.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/tools/tools.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,6 @@ void CSMTools::Tools::verifierMessage (const QString& message, int type)
     std::map<int, int>::iterator iter = mActiveReports.find (type);
 
     if (iter!=mActiveReports.end())
-        mReports[iter->second]->add (message.toStdString());
+        mReports[iter->second]->add (message.toUtf8().constData());
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/tablemimedata.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/tablemimedata.cpp
index 9dcecf3bc..ccd6fb496 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/tablemimedata.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/tablemimedata.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CSMWorld::TableMimeData::TableMimeData (UniversalId id, const CSMDoc::Document&
 mDocument(document)
 {
     mUniversalId.push_back (id);
-    mObjectsFormats << QString::fromStdString ("tabledata/" + id.getTypeName());
+    mObjectsFormats << QString::fromUtf8 (("tabledata/" + id.getTypeName()).c_str());
 }
 
 CSMWorld::TableMimeData::TableMimeData (std::vector< CSMWorld::UniversalId >& id, const CSMDoc::Document& document) :
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ CSMWorld::TableMimeData::TableMimeData (std::vector< CSMWorld::UniversalId >& id
 {
     for (std::vector<UniversalId>::iterator it (mUniversalId.begin()); it != mUniversalId.end(); ++it)
     {
-        mObjectsFormats << QString::fromStdString ("tabledata/" + it->getTypeName());
+        mObjectsFormats << QString::fromUtf8 (("tabledata/" + it->getTypeName()).c_str());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/doc/opendialog.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/doc/opendialog.cpp
index 7b62aafa3..d107b198c 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/doc/opendialog.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/doc/opendialog.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ OpenDialog::OpenDialog(QWidget * parent) : QDialog(parent)
     mCfgMgr.processPaths(mDataLocal);
 
     // Set the charset for reading the esm/esp files
-    QString encoding = QString::fromStdString(variables["encoding"].as<std::string>());
+    QString encoding = QString::fromUtf8 (variables["encoding"].as<std::string>().c_str());
 
     Files::PathContainer dataDirs;
     dataDirs.insert(dataDirs.end(), mDataDirs.begin(), mDataDirs.end());
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/doc/subview.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/doc/subview.cpp
index dcd85945f..7fd005717 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/doc/subview.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/doc/subview.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CSVDoc::SubView::SubView (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id) : mUniversalId (id)
 {
     /// \todo  add a button to the title bar that clones this sub view
 
-    setWindowTitle (mUniversalId.toString().c_str());
+    setWindowTitle (QString::fromUtf8 (mUniversalId.toString().c_str()));
 }
 
 CSMWorld::UniversalId CSVDoc::SubView::getUniversalId() const
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/filter/editwidget.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/filter/editwidget.cpp
index cc1578bdd..b163297f9 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/filter/editwidget.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/filter/editwidget.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void CSVFilter::EditWidget::createFilterRequest (std::vector< std::pair< std::st
         {
             ss<<"!or(";
         } else {
-            ss << orAnd << oldContent.toStdString() << ',';
+            ss << orAnd << oldContent.toUtf8().constData() << ',';
         }
 
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < count; ++i)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void CSVFilter::EditWidget::createFilterRequest (std::vector< std::pair< std::st
     } else {
         if (!replaceMode)
         {
-            ss << orAnd << oldContent.toStdString() <<',';
+            ss << orAnd << oldContent.toUtf8().constData() <<',';
         } else {
             ss<<'!';
         }
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp
index ae7c5923b..1627bc5f4 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::DialogueSubView (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id, CSM
     mMainLayout = new QVBoxLayout(mainWidget);
 
     mEditWidget = new EditWidget(mainWidget, mRow, mTable, mUndoStack, false);
-    connect(mEditWidget, SIGNAL(tableMimeDataDropped(QWidget*, const QModelIndex&, const CSMWorld::UniversalId&, const CSMDoc::Document*)), 
+    connect(mEditWidget, SIGNAL(tableMimeDataDropped(QWidget*, const QModelIndex&, const CSMWorld::UniversalId&, const CSMDoc::Document*)),
             this, SLOT(tableMimeDataDropped(QWidget*, const QModelIndex&, const CSMWorld::UniversalId&, const CSMDoc::Document*)));
 
     mMainLayout->addWidget(mEditWidget);
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ void CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::prevId()
         {
                 mEditWidget->remake(newRow);
                 setUniversalId(CSMWorld::UniversalId (static_cast<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type> (mTable->data (mTable->index (newRow, 2)).toInt()),
-                                        mTable->data (mTable->index (newRow, 0)).toString().toStdString()));
+                                        mTable->data (mTable->index (newRow, 0)).toString().toUtf8().constData()));
                 mRow = newRow;
                 mEditWidget->setDisabled(mLocked);
                 return;
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ void CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::nextId()
         {
                 mEditWidget->remake(newRow);
                 setUniversalId(CSMWorld::UniversalId (static_cast<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type> (mTable->data (mTable->index (newRow, 2)).toInt()),
-                                          mTable->data (mTable->index (newRow, 0)).toString().toStdString()));
+                                          mTable->data (mTable->index (newRow, 0)).toString().toUtf8().constData()));
                 mRow = newRow;
                 mEditWidget->setDisabled(mLocked);
                 return;
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ void CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::revertRecord()
 
         if (state!=CSMWorld::RecordBase::State_BaseOnly)
         {
-            mUndoStack.push(new CSMWorld::RevertCommand(*mTable, mTable->data(mTable->index (mRow, 0)).toString().toStdString()));
+            mUndoStack.push(new CSMWorld::RevertCommand(*mTable, mTable->data(mTable->index (mRow, 0)).toString().toUtf8().constData()));
         }
         if (rows != mTable->rowCount())
         {
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ void CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::deleteRecord()
         mRow < rows &&
         mBottom->canCreateAndDelete())
     {
-        mUndoStack.push(new CSMWorld::DeleteCommand(*mTable, mTable->data(mTable->index (mRow, 0)).toString().toStdString()));
+        mUndoStack.push(new CSMWorld::DeleteCommand(*mTable, mTable->data(mTable->index (mRow, 0)).toString().toUtf8().constData()));
         if (rows != mTable->rowCount())
         {
             if (mTable->rowCount() == 0)
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ void CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::requestFocus (const std::string& id)
 
 void CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::cloneRequest ()
 {
-    mBottom->cloneRequest(mTable->data(mTable->index (mRow, 0)).toString().toStdString(),
+    mBottom->cloneRequest(mTable->data(mTable->index (mRow, 0)).toString().toUtf8().constData(),
                           static_cast<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type>(mTable->data(mTable->index(mRow, 2)).toInt()));
 }
 
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ void CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::showPreview ()
 {
     if (mTable->hasPreview() && mRow < mTable->rowCount())
     {
-       emit focusId(CSMWorld::UniversalId(CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Preview, mTable->data(mTable->index (mRow, 0)).toString().toStdString()), "");
+       emit focusId(CSMWorld::UniversalId(CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Preview, mTable->data(mTable->index (mRow, 0)).toString().toUtf8().constData()), "");
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
index fccac75b4..b1528d525 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ void CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::dropEvent (QDropEvent* event)
             {
                 if (stringNeedsQuote(it->getId()))
                 {
-                    insertPlainText(QString::fromStdString ('"' + it->getId() + '"'));
+                    insertPlainText(QString::fromUtf8 (('"' + it->getId() + '"').c_str()));
                 } else {
-                    insertPlainText(QString::fromStdString (it->getId()));
+                    insertPlainText(QString::fromUtf8 (it->getId().c_str()));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::dropEvent (QDropEvent* event)
 
 bool CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::stringNeedsQuote (const std::string& id) const
 {
-    const QString string(QString::fromStdString(id)); //<regex> is only for c++11, so let's use qregexp for now.
+    const QString string(QString::fromUtf8(id.c_str())); //<regex> is only for c++11, so let's use qregexp for now.
     //I'm not quite sure when do we need to put quotes. To be safe we will use quotes for anything other than…
     return !(string.contains(mWhiteListQoutes));
 }
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/table.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/table.cpp
index cd9138c35..a2927c2f0 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/table.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/table.cpp
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ CSMWorld::UniversalId CSVWorld::Table::getUniversalId (int row) const
 {
     return CSMWorld::UniversalId (
         static_cast<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type> (mProxyModel->data (mProxyModel->index (row, 2)).toInt()),
-        mProxyModel->data (mProxyModel->index (row, 0)).toString().toStdString());
+        mProxyModel->data (mProxyModel->index (row, 0)).toString().toUtf8().constData());
 }
 
 void CSVWorld::Table::revertRecord()
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ void CSVWorld::Table::mouseMoveEvent (QMouseEvent* event)
         }
 
         drag->setMimeData (mime);
-        drag->setPixmap (QString::fromStdString (mime->getIcon()));
+        drag->setPixmap (QString::fromUtf8 (mime->getIcon().c_str()));
         drag->exec(Qt::CopyAction);
     }
 
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> CSVWorld::Table::getColumnsWithDisplay(CSMWorld::Column
 
         if (display == columndisplay)
         {
-            titles.push_back(mModel->headerData (i, Qt::Horizontal).toString().toStdString());
+            titles.push_back(mModel->headerData (i, Qt::Horizontal).toString().toUtf8().constData());
         }
     }
     return titles;