diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp
index 0b37e3a9..458d5b6d 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrevInst, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nC
     std::vector<plString> args;
     args.reserve(__argc);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < __argc; i++) {
-        args.push_back(plString::FromWchar(__wargv[i]));
+        args.push_back(plString::FromUtf8(__argv[i]));
     }
 
     plCmdParser cmdParser(s_cmdLineArgs, arrsize(s_cmdLineArgs));
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plUruLauncher/plClientLauncher.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plUruLauncher/plClientLauncher.cpp
index 40e678d0..f2ae1866 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plUruLauncher/plClientLauncher.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plUruLauncher/plClientLauncher.cpp
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ void plClientLauncher::ParseArguments()
     std::vector<plString> args;
     args.reserve(__argc);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < __argc; i++) {
-        args.push_back(plString::FromWchar(__wargv[i]));
+        args.push_back(plString::FromUtf8(__argv[i]));
     }
 
     plCmdParser cmdParser(cmdLineArgs, arrsize(cmdLineArgs));