diff --git a/src/qt/KeysFiles.cpp b/src/qt/KeysFiles.cpp
index bcbb4ba0..05f93608 100644
--- a/src/qt/KeysFiles.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/KeysFiles.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void WalletKeysFilesModel::findWallets(const QString &moneroAccountsDir)
         if(fileExists(wallet + ".address.txt")){
             QFile file(wallet + ".address.txt");
             file.open(QFile::ReadOnly | QFile::Text);
-            QString _address = QTextCodec::codecForMib(106)->toUnicode(file.readAll());
+            QString _address = QString(file.readAll());
 
             if(!_address.isEmpty()){
                 address = _address;
diff --git a/src/qt/ipc.cpp b/src/qt/ipc.cpp
index a48cc8f8..dff7626d 100644
--- a/src/qt/ipc.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/ipc.cpp
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ void IPC::handleConnection(){
             clientConnection, &QLocalSocket::deleteLater);
 
     clientConnection->waitForReadyRead(2);
-    QByteArray cmdArray = clientConnection->readAll();
-    QString cmdString = QTextCodec::codecForMib(106)->toUnicode(cmdArray);  // UTF-8
+    QString cmdString = QString(clientConnection->readAll());
     qDebug() << cmdString;
 
     this->parseCommand(cmdString);