diff --git a/UE4SS/src/Mod/LuaMod.cpp b/UE4SS/src/Mod/LuaMod.cpp
index 1b6e766aa..09c5f6875 100644
--- a/UE4SS/src/Mod/LuaMod.cpp
+++ b/UE4SS/src/Mod/LuaMod.cpp
@@ -816,20 +816,20 @@ namespace RC
         lua_getglobal(lua_state, "package");
 
         lua_getfield(lua_state, -1, "path");
-        std::string current_paths = lua_tostring(lua_state, -1);
-        current_paths.append(fmt::format(";{}\\{}\\Scripts\\?.lua", to_string(m_program.get_mods_directory()).c_str(), to_string(get_name())));
-        current_paths.append(fmt::format(";{}\\shared\\?.lua", to_string(m_program.get_mods_directory()).c_str()));
-        current_paths.append(fmt::format(";{}\\shared\\?\\?.lua", to_string(m_program.get_mods_directory()).c_str()));
+        std::wstring current_paths = to_wstring(lua_tostring(lua_state, -1));
+        current_paths.append(fmt::format(STR(";{}\\{}\\Scripts\\?.lua"), m_program.get_mods_directory(), get_name()));
+        current_paths.append(fmt::format(STR(";{}\\shared\\?.lua"), m_program.get_mods_directory()));
+        current_paths.append(fmt::format(STR(";{}\\shared\\?\\?.lua"), m_program.get_mods_directory()));
         lua_pop(lua_state, 1);
-        lua_pushstring(lua_state, current_paths.c_str());
+        lua_pushstring(lua_state, to_string(current_paths).c_str());
         lua_setfield(lua_state, -2, "path");
 
         lua_getfield(lua_state, -1, "cpath");
-        std::string current_cpaths = lua_tostring(lua_state, -1);
-        current_cpaths.append(fmt::format(";{}\\{}\\Scripts\\?.dll", to_string(m_program.get_mods_directory()).c_str(), to_string(get_name())));
-        current_cpaths.append(fmt::format(";{}\\{}\\?.dll", to_string(m_program.get_mods_directory()).c_str(), to_string(get_name())));
+        std::wstring current_cpaths = to_wstring(lua_tostring(lua_state, -1));
+        current_cpaths.append(fmt::format(STR(";{}\\{}\\Scripts\\?.dll"), m_program.get_mods_directory(), get_name()));
+        current_cpaths.append(fmt::format(STR(";{}\\{}\\?.dll"), m_program.get_mods_directory(), get_name()));
         lua_pop(lua_state, 1);
-        lua_pushstring(lua_state, current_cpaths.c_str());
+        lua_pushstring(lua_state, to_string(current_cpaths).c_str());
         lua_setfield(lua_state, -2, "cpath");
 
         lua_pop(lua_state, 1);
@@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ No overload found for function 'IterateGameDirectories'.
                                     {
                                         throw std::runtime_error{"Couldn't find '__absolute_path' for directory entry."};
                                     }
-                                    const auto current_path = std::string{lua.get_string()};
+                                    const auto current_path = to_wstring(lua.get_string());
                                     auto files_table = lua.prepare_new_table();
                                     auto index = 1;
                                     for (const auto& item : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(current_path))
@@ -3364,7 +3364,7 @@ No overload found for function 'FPackageName:IsValidLongPackageName'.
         // Don't crash on syntax errors.
         try
         {
-            main_lua()->execute_file((m_scripts_path / STR("main.lua")).string());
+            main_lua()->execute_file((m_scripts_path / STR("main.lua")).wstring());
         }
         catch (std::runtime_error& e)
         {
diff --git a/UE4SS/src/UE4SSProgram.cpp b/UE4SS/src/UE4SSProgram.cpp
index 785b8eb97..db0c4c70b 100644
--- a/UE4SS/src/UE4SSProgram.cpp
+++ b/UE4SS/src/UE4SSProgram.cpp
@@ -1359,27 +1359,27 @@ namespace RC
 
     auto UE4SSProgram::get_module_directory() -> File::StringType
     {
-        return ensure_str(m_module_file_path);
+        return ensure_str(m_module_file_path.wstring());
     }
 
     auto UE4SSProgram::get_game_executable_directory() -> File::StringType
     {
-        return ensure_str(m_game_executable_directory);
+        return ensure_str(m_game_executable_directory.wstring());
     }
 
     auto UE4SSProgram::get_working_directory() -> File::StringType
     {
-        return ensure_str(m_working_directory);
+        return ensure_str(m_working_directory.wstring());
     }
 
     auto UE4SSProgram::get_mods_directory() -> File::StringType
     {
-        return ensure_str(m_mods_directory);
+        return ensure_str(m_mods_directory.wstring());
     }
 
     auto UE4SSProgram::get_legacy_root_directory() -> File::StringType
     {
-        return ensure_str(m_legacy_root_directory);
+        return ensure_str(m_legacy_root_directory.wstring());
     }
 
     auto UE4SSProgram::generate_uht_compatible_headers() -> void
diff --git a/deps/first/LuaRaw/include/lauxlib.h b/deps/first/LuaRaw/include/lauxlib.h
index 5b977e2a3..34dd5659c 100644
--- a/deps/first/LuaRaw/include/lauxlib.h
+++ b/deps/first/LuaRaw/include/lauxlib.h
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ typedef struct luaL_Stream {
 
 
 
+FILE* wfopen(const char *filename, const char *mode);
 #endif
 
 
diff --git a/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/lauxlib.c b/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/lauxlib.c
index 8ed1da112..fb8ba2957 100644
--- a/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/lauxlib.c
+++ b/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/lauxlib.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 #include "lprefix.h"
 
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN      // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
+#include <windows.h>
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -785,7 +787,7 @@ LUALIB_API int luaL_loadfilex (lua_State *L, const char *filename,
   }
   else {
     lua_pushfstring(L, "@%s", filename);
-    lf.f = fopen(filename, "r");
+    lf.f = wfopen(filename, "r");
     if (lf.f == NULL) return errfile(L, "open", fnameindex);
   }
   if (skipcomment(&lf, &c))  /* read initial portion */
@@ -1104,3 +1106,12 @@ LUALIB_API void luaL_checkversion_ (lua_State *L, lua_Number ver, size_t sz) {
                   (LUAI_UACNUMBER)ver, (LUAI_UACNUMBER)v);
 }
 
+FILE* wfopen(const char *filename, const char *mode)
+{
+  wchar_t buff[MAX_PATH+1];
+  wchar_t modeBuff[MAX_PATH+1];
+  if (MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, filename, -1, buff, MAX_PATH) == 0 || MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, mode, -1, modeBuff, MAX_PATH) == 0)
+    return fopen(filename, mode);
+
+  return _wfopen(buff, modeBuff);
+}
diff --git a/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/liolib.c b/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/liolib.c
index b08397da4..43d6a0254 100644
--- a/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/liolib.c
+++ b/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/liolib.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static LStream *newfile (lua_State *L) {
 
 static void opencheck (lua_State *L, const char *fname, const char *mode) {
   LStream *p = newfile(L);
-  p->f = fopen(fname, mode);
+  p->f = wfopen(fname, mode);
   if (l_unlikely(p->f == NULL))
     luaL_error(L, "cannot open file '%s' (%s)", fname, strerror(errno));
 }
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static int io_open (lua_State *L) {
   LStream *p = newfile(L);
   const char *md = mode;  /* to traverse/check mode */
   luaL_argcheck(L, l_checkmode(md), 2, "invalid mode");
-  p->f = fopen(filename, mode);
+  p->f = wfopen(filename, mode);
   return (p->f == NULL) ? luaL_fileresult(L, 0, filename) : 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/loadlib.c b/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/loadlib.c
index 6f9fa3736..1a2e44f31 100644
--- a/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/loadlib.c
+++ b/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/loadlib.c
@@ -175,16 +175,21 @@ static lua_CFunction lsys_sym (lua_State *L, void *lib, const char *sym) {
 ** of LUA_EXEC_DIR with the executable's path.
 */
 static void setprogdir (lua_State *L) {
+  wchar_t wbuff[MAX_PATH + 1];
   char buff[MAX_PATH + 1];
-  char *lb;
-  DWORD nsize = sizeof(buff)/sizeof(char);
-  DWORD n = GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, buff, nsize);  /* get exec. name */
-  if (n == 0 || n == nsize || (lb = strrchr(buff, '\\')) == NULL)
-    luaL_error(L, "unable to get ModuleFileName");
+  wchar_t *lb;
+  DWORD nsize = sizeof(wbuff)/sizeof(wchar_t);
+  DWORD n = GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, wbuff, nsize);  /* get exec. name */
+  if (n == 0 || n == nsize || (lb = wcsrchr(wbuff, L'\\')) == NULL)
+     luaL_error(L, "unable to get ModuleFileName");
   else {
-    *lb = '\0';  /* cut name on the last '\\' to get the path */
-    luaL_gsub(L, lua_tostring(L, -1), LUA_EXEC_DIR, buff);
-    lua_remove(L, -2);  /* remove original string */
+    *lb = L'\0';  /* cut name on the last '\\' to get the path */
+    if (WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8,0,wbuff,-1,buff,MAX_PATH + 1,NULL,NULL) == 0)
+      luaL_error(L, "unable to get ModuleFileName");
+    else {
+      luaL_gsub(L, lua_tostring(L, -1), LUA_EXEC_DIR, buff);
+      lua_remove(L, -2);  /* remove original string */
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -432,7 +437,7 @@ static int ll_loadlib (lua_State *L) {
 
 
 static int readable (const char *filename) {
-  FILE *f = fopen(filename, "r");  /* try to open file */
+  FILE *f = wfopen(filename, "r");  /* try to open file */
   if (f == NULL) return 0;  /* open failed */
   fclose(f);
   return 1;
diff --git a/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/luac.c b/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/luac.c
index f6db9cf65..655f5ae5d 100644
--- a/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/luac.c
+++ b/deps/first/LuaRaw/src/luac.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int pmain(lua_State* L)
  if (listing) luaU_print(f,listing>1);
  if (dumping)
  {
-  FILE* D= (output==NULL) ? stdout : fopen(output,"wb");
+  FILE* D= (output==NULL) ? stdout : wfopen(output,"wb");
   if (D==NULL) cannot("open");
   lua_lock(L);
   luaU_dump(L,f,writer,D,stripping);