diff --git a/include/Http.h b/include/Http.h
index c3bbb0e..f491dc4 100644
--- a/include/Http.h
+++ b/include/Http.h
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 
 #pragma once
 #include "Logger.h"
+#include "Utils.h"
+
 #include <string>
 class HTTP {
 public:
-    static bool Download(const std::string& IP, const std::string& Path);
+    static bool Download(const std::string& IP, const beammp_fs_string& Path);
     static std::string Post(const std::string& IP, const std::string& Fields);
     static std::string Get(const std::string& IP);
     static bool ProgressBar(size_t c, size_t t);
diff --git a/include/Logger.h b/include/Logger.h
index 3a93a7c..ddea34b 100644
--- a/include/Logger.h
+++ b/include/Logger.h
@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@ void debug(const std::string& toPrint);
 void error(const std::string& toPrint);
 void info(const std::string& toPrint);
 void warn(const std::string& toPrint);
+
+void except(const std::wstring& toPrint);
+void fatal(const std::wstring& toPrint);
+void debug(const std::wstring& toPrint);
+void error(const std::wstring& toPrint);
+void info(const std::wstring& toPrint);
+void warn(const std::wstring& toPrint);
 std::string getDate();
diff --git a/include/Network/network.hpp b/include/Network/network.hpp
index f0d3d4a..ca91711 100644
--- a/include/Network/network.hpp
+++ b/include/Network/network.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 
 #pragma once
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <string>
 
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ extern bool Terminate;
 extern uint64_t UDPSock;
 extern uint64_t TCPSock;
 extern std::string Branch;
-extern std::string CachingDirectory;
+extern std::filesystem::path CachingDirectory;
 extern bool deleteDuplicateMods;
 extern bool TCPTerminate;
 extern std::string LastIP;
diff --git a/include/Security/Init.h b/include/Security/Init.h
index d34d3b4..242c929 100644
--- a/include/Security/Init.h
+++ b/include/Security/Init.h
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 #pragma once
 #include <string>
-void PreGame(const std::string& GamePath);
-std::string CheckVer(const std::string& path);
-void InitGame(const std::string& Dir);
-std::string GetGameDir();
+void PreGame(const beammp_fs_string& GamePath);
+std::string CheckVer(const beammp_fs_string& path);
+void InitGame(const beammp_fs_string& Dir);
+beammp_fs_string GetGameDir();
 void LegitimacyCheck();
 void CheckLocalKey();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/Startup.h b/include/Startup.h
index 036a4ae..55809b8 100644
--- a/include/Startup.h
+++ b/include/Startup.h
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@
 */
 
 #pragma once
+#include "Utils.h"
+
 #include <compare>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 void InitLauncher();
-std::string GetEP(const char* P = nullptr);
-std::string GetGamePath();
+beammp_fs_string GetEP(const beammp_fs_char* P = nullptr);
+std::filesystem::path GetGamePath();
 std::string GetVer();
 std::string GetPatch();
-std::string GetEN();
+beammp_fs_string GetEN();
 void ConfigInit();
diff --git a/include/Utils.h b/include/Utils.h
index 33c01d6..1606523 100644
--- a/include/Utils.h
+++ b/include/Utils.h
@@ -5,11 +5,29 @@
 */
 
 #pragma once
+#include <cassert>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <locale>
 #include <map>
+#include <openssl/err.h>
+#include <openssl/evp.h>
 #include <regex>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#define beammp_fs_string std::wstring
+#define beammp_fs_char wchar_t
+#define beammp_wide(str) L##str
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#include <windows.h>
+#else
+#define beammp_fs_string std::string
+#define beammp_fs_char char
+#define beammp_wide(str) str
+#endif
+
 namespace Utils {
 
     inline std::vector<std::string> Split(const std::string& String, const std::string& delimiter) {
@@ -56,6 +74,41 @@ namespace Utils {
 
         return result;
     }
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    inline std::wstring ExpandEnvVars(const std::wstring& input) {
+        std::wstring result;
+        std::wregex envPattern(LR"(%([^%]+)%|\$([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)|\$\{([^}]+)\})");
+
+        std::wsregex_iterator begin(input.begin(), input.end(), envPattern);
+        std::wsregex_iterator end;
+
+        size_t lastPos = 0;
+
+        for (auto it = begin; it != end; ++it) {
+            const auto& match = *it;
+
+            result.append(input, lastPos, match.position() - lastPos);
+
+            std::wstring varName;
+            assert(match.size() == 4 && "Input regex has incorrect amount of capturing groups");
+            if (match[1].matched) varName = match[1].str(); // %VAR%
+            else if (match[2].matched) varName = match[2].str(); // $VAR
+            else if (match[3].matched) varName = match[3].str(); // ${VAR}
+
+            if (const wchar_t* envValue = _wgetenv(varName.c_str())) {
+                if (envValue != nullptr) {
+                    result.append(envValue);
+                }
+            }
+
+            lastPos = match.position() + match.length();
+        }
+
+        result.append(input, lastPos, input.length() - lastPos);
+
+        return result;
+    }
+#endif
     inline std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>> ParseINI(const std::string& contents) {
         std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>> ini;
 
@@ -112,4 +165,85 @@ namespace Utils {
         return ini;
     }
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+inline std::wstring ToWString(const std::string& s) {
+        if (s.empty()) return std::wstring();
+
+        int size_needed = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, s.c_str(), (int)s.size(), nullptr, 0);
+        if (size_needed <= 0) {
+            return L"";
+        }
+
+        std::wstring result(size_needed, 0);
+
+        MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, s.c_str(), (int)s.size(), &result[0], size_needed);
+
+        return result;
+    }
+#else
+    inline std::string ToWString(const std::string& s) {
+        return s;
+    }
+#endif
+    inline std::string GetSha256HashReallyFast(const beammp_fs_string& filename) {
+        try {
+            EVP_MD_CTX* mdctx;
+            const EVP_MD* md;
+            uint8_t sha256_value[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE];
+            md = EVP_sha256();
+            if (md == nullptr) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("EVP_sha256() failed");
+            }
+
+            mdctx = EVP_MD_CTX_new();
+            if (mdctx == nullptr) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("EVP_MD_CTX_new() failed");
+            }
+            if (!EVP_DigestInit_ex2(mdctx, md, NULL)) {
+                EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);
+                throw std::runtime_error("EVP_DigestInit_ex2() failed");
+            }
+
+            std::ifstream stream(filename, std::ios::binary);
+
+            const size_t FileSize = std::filesystem::file_size(filename);
+            size_t Read = 0;
+            std::vector<char> Data;
+            while (Read < FileSize) {
+                Data.resize(size_t(std::min<size_t>(FileSize - Read, 4096)));
+                size_t RealDataSize = Data.size();
+                stream.read(Data.data(), std::streamsize(Data.size()));
+                if (stream.eof() || stream.fail()) {
+                    RealDataSize = size_t(stream.gcount());
+                }
+                Data.resize(RealDataSize);
+                if (RealDataSize == 0) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                if (RealDataSize > 0 && !EVP_DigestUpdate(mdctx, Data.data(), Data.size())) {
+                    EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);
+                    throw std::runtime_error("EVP_DigestUpdate() failed");
+                }
+                Read += RealDataSize;
+            }
+            unsigned int sha256_len = 0;
+            if (!EVP_DigestFinal_ex(mdctx, sha256_value, &sha256_len)) {
+                EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);
+                throw std::runtime_error("EVP_DigestFinal_ex() failed");
+            }
+            EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);
+
+            std::string result;
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < sha256_len; i++) {
+                char buf[3];
+                sprintf(buf, "%02x", sha256_value[i]);
+                buf[2] = 0;
+                result += buf;
+            }
+            return result;
+        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+            error(beammp_wide("Sha256 hashing of '") + filename + beammp_wide("' failed: ") + ToWString(e.what()));
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 9e9d3d9..d7e41fa 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@
 
 #include "Logger.h"
 #include "Network/network.hpp"
+#include "Options.h"
+#include "Utils.h"
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-#include "Options.h"
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
 std::string Branch;
-std::string CachingDirectory = "./Resources";
+std::filesystem::path CachingDirectory = std::filesystem::path("./Resources");
 bool deleteDuplicateMods = false;
 
 void ParseConfig(const nlohmann::json& d) {
@@ -32,8 +33,8 @@ void ParseConfig(const nlohmann::json& d) {
             c = char(tolower(c));
     }
     if (d.contains("CachingDirectory") && d["CachingDirectory"].is_string()) {
-        CachingDirectory = d["CachingDirectory"].get<std::string>();
-        info("Mod caching directory: " + CachingDirectory);
+        CachingDirectory = std::filesystem::path(d["CachingDirectory"].get<std::string>());
+        info(beammp_wide("Mod caching directory: ") + beammp_fs_string(CachingDirectory.relative_path()));
     }
 
     if (d.contains("Dev") && d["Dev"].is_boolean()) {
diff --git a/src/GameStart.cpp b/src/GameStart.cpp
index 7446ae9..ea33395 100644
--- a/src/GameStart.cpp
+++ b/src/GameStart.cpp
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
  SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 */
 
-
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-#include <windows.h>
 #include <shlobj.h>
 #elif defined(__linux__)
 #include "vdf_parser.hpp"
@@ -29,18 +27,18 @@
 
 unsigned long GamePID = 0;
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-std::string QueryKey(HKEY hKey, int ID);
-std::string GetGamePath() {
+std::wstring QueryKey(HKEY hKey, int ID);
+std::filesystem::path GetGamePath() {
     static std::filesystem::path Path;
     if (!Path.empty())
-        return Path.string();
+        return Path.wstring();
 
     if (options.user_path) {
         if (std::filesystem::exists(options.user_path)) {
             Path = options.user_path;
-            debug("Using custom user folder path: " + Path.string());
+            debug(L"Using custom user folder path: " + Path.wstring());
         } else
-            warn("Invalid or non-existent path (" + std::string(options.user_path) + ") specified using --user-path, skipping");
+            warn(L"Invalid or non-existent path (" + Utils::ToWString(options.user_path) + L") specified using --user-path, skipping");
     }
 
     if (const auto startupIniPath = std::filesystem::path(GetGameDir()) / "startup.ini"; exists(startupIniPath)) {
@@ -49,27 +47,22 @@ std::string GetGamePath() {
             std::string contents((std::istreambuf_iterator(startupIni)), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
             startupIni.close();
 
-            if (contents.size() > 3) {
-                contents.erase(0, 3);
-            }
-
             auto ini = Utils::ParseINI(contents);
-                if (ini.empty()) {
-                    warn("Failed to parse startup.ini");
+            if (ini.empty()) 
+                warn("Failed to parse startup.ini");
+            else
+                debug("Successfully parsed startup.ini");
+
+            std::wstring userPath;
+            if (ini.contains("filesystem") && ini["filesystem"].contains("UserPath"))
+                userPath = Utils::ToWString(ini["filesystem"]["UserPath"]);
+
+            if (!userPath.empty())
+                if (userPath = Utils::ExpandEnvVars(userPath); std::filesystem::exists(userPath)) {
+                    Path = userPath;
+                    debug(L"Using custom user folder path from startup.ini: " + Path.wstring());
                 } else
-                    debug("Successfully parsed startup.ini");
-
-
-                std::string userPath;
-                if (ini.contains("filesystem") && ini["filesystem"].contains("UserPath"))
-                    userPath = ini["filesystem"]["UserPath"];
-
-                if (!userPath.empty())
-                    if (userPath = Utils::ExpandEnvVars(userPath); std::filesystem::exists(userPath)) {
-                        Path = userPath;
-                        debug("Using custom user folder path from startup.ini: " + Path.string());
-                    } else
-                        warn("Found custom user folder path ("+ userPath + ") in startup.ini but it doesn't exist, skipping");
+                    warn(L"Found custom user folder path (" + userPath + L") in startup.ini but it doesn't exist, skipping");
         }
 
         if (Path.empty()) {
@@ -82,25 +75,27 @@ std::string GetGamePath() {
             Path = QueryKey(hKey, 4);
 
             if (Path.empty()) {
-                char appDataPath[MAX_PATH];
-                HRESULT result = SHGetFolderPathA(NULL, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, NULL, 0, appDataPath);
+                wchar_t* appDataPath = new wchar_t[MAX_PATH];
+                HRESULT result = SHGetFolderPathW(NULL, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, NULL, 0, appDataPath);
 
                 if (!SUCCEEDED(result)) {
                     fatal("Cannot get Local Appdata directory");
                 }
 
                 Path = std::filesystem::path(appDataPath) / "BeamNG.drive";
+
+                delete[] appDataPath;
             }
         }
     }
 
     std::string Ver = CheckVer(GetGameDir());
     Ver = Ver.substr(0, Ver.find('.', Ver.find('.') + 1));
-    Path = Path / (Ver + "\\");
-    return Path.string();
+    Path /= Utils::ToWString(Ver);
+    return Path;
 }
 #elif defined(__linux__)
-std::string GetGamePath() {
+std::filesystem::path GetGamePath() {
     // Right now only steam is supported
     struct passwd* pw = getpwuid(getuid());
     std::string homeDir = pw->pw_dir;
@@ -114,24 +109,24 @@ std::string GetGamePath() {
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-void StartGame(std::string Dir) {
+void StartGame(std::wstring Dir) {
     BOOL bSuccess = FALSE;
     PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
-    STARTUPINFO si = { 0 };
+    STARTUPINFOW si = { 0 };
     si.cb = sizeof(si);
-    std::string BaseDir = Dir; //+"\\Bin64";
+    std::wstring BaseDir = Dir; //+"\\Bin64";
     // Dir += R"(\Bin64\BeamNG.drive.x64.exe)";
-    Dir += "\\BeamNG.drive.exe";
-    std::string gameArgs = "";
+    Dir += L"\\BeamNG.drive.exe";
+    std::wstring gameArgs = L"";
 
     for (int i = 0; i < options.game_arguments_length; i++) {
-        gameArgs += " ";
-        gameArgs += options.game_arguments[i];
+        gameArgs += L" ";
+        gameArgs += Utils::ToWString(options.game_arguments[i]);
     }
 
-    debug("BeamNG executable path: " + Dir);
+    debug(L"BeamNG executable path: " + Dir);
 
-    bSuccess = CreateProcessA(nullptr, (LPSTR)(Dir + gameArgs).c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, TRUE, 0, nullptr, BaseDir.c_str(), &si, &pi);
+    bSuccess = CreateProcessW(nullptr, (wchar_t*)(Dir + gameArgs).c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, TRUE, 0, nullptr, BaseDir.c_str(), &si, &pi);
     if (bSuccess) {
         info("Game Launched!");
         GamePID = pi.dwProcessId;
@@ -144,7 +139,8 @@ void StartGame(std::string Dir) {
         LPVOID lpErrorMsgBuffer;
 
         if (FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS, NULL, dw,
-            MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), (LPTSTR)&lpErrorMsgBuffer, 0, nullptr) == 0) {
+                MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), (LPTSTR)&lpErrorMsgBuffer, 0, nullptr)
+            == 0) {
             err = "Unknown error code: " + std::to_string(dw);
         } else {
             err = "Error " + std::to_string(dw) + ": " + (char*)lpErrorMsgBuffer;
@@ -186,7 +182,7 @@ void StartGame(std::string Dir) {
 }
 #endif
 
-void InitGame(const std::string& Dir) {
+void InitGame(const beammp_fs_string& Dir) {
     if (!options.no_launch) {
         std::thread Game(StartGame, Dir);
         Game.detach();
diff --git a/src/Logger.cpp b/src/Logger.cpp
index b6fa327..33215fb 100644
--- a/src/Logger.cpp
+++ b/src/Logger.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "Logger.h"
 #include "Startup.h"
+#include "Utils.h"
 #include <chrono>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ std::string getDate() {
 }
 void InitLog() {
     std::ofstream LFS;
-    LFS.open(GetEP() + "Launcher.log");
+    LFS.open(GetEP() + beammp_wide("Launcher.log"));
     if (!LFS.is_open()) {
         error("logger file init failed!");
     } else
@@ -44,7 +45,13 @@ void InitLog() {
 }
 void addToLog(const std::string& Line) {
     std::ofstream LFS;
-    LFS.open(GetEP() + "Launcher.log", std::ios_base::app);
+    LFS.open(GetEP() + beammp_wide("Launcher.log"), std::ios_base::app);
+    LFS << Line.c_str();
+    LFS.close();
+}
+void addToLog(const std::wstring& Line) {
+    std::wofstream LFS;
+    LFS.open(GetEP() + beammp_wide("Launcher.log"), std::ios_base::app);
     LFS << Line.c_str();
     LFS.close();
 }
@@ -82,3 +89,41 @@ void except(const std::string& toPrint) {
     std::cout << Print;
     addToLog(Print);
 }
+
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+void info(const std::wstring& toPrint) {
+    std::wstring Print = Utils::ToWString(getDate()) + L"[INFO] " + toPrint + L"\n";
+    std::wcout << Print;
+    addToLog(Print);
+}
+void debug(const std::wstring& toPrint) {
+    std::wstring Print = Utils::ToWString(getDate()) + L"[DEBUG] " + toPrint + L"\n";
+    if (options.verbose) {
+        std::wcout << Print;
+    }
+    addToLog(Print);
+}
+void warn(const std::wstring& toPrint) {
+    std::wstring Print = Utils::ToWString(getDate()) + L"[WARN] " + toPrint + L"\n";
+    std::wcout << Print;
+    addToLog(Print);
+}
+void error(const std::wstring& toPrint) {
+    std::wstring Print = Utils::ToWString(getDate()) + L"[ERROR] " + toPrint + L"\n";
+    std::wcout << Print;
+    addToLog(Print);
+}
+void fatal(const std::wstring& toPrint) {
+    std::wstring Print = Utils::ToWString(getDate()) + L"[FATAL] " + toPrint + L"\n";
+    std::wcout << Print;
+    addToLog(Print);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(5));
+    std::exit(1);
+}
+void except(const std::wstring& toPrint) {
+    std::wstring Print = Utils::ToWString(getDate()) + L"[EXCEP] " + toPrint + L"\n";
+    std::wcout << Print;
+    addToLog(Print);
+}
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Network/Core.cpp b/src/Network/Core.cpp
index 9121f2a..902e1c7 100644
--- a/src/Network/Core.cpp
+++ b/src/Network/Core.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#include <shellapi.h>
 #elif defined(__linux__)
 #include <cstring>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/src/Network/Http.cpp b/src/Network/Http.cpp
index d9a5819..92d8500 100644
--- a/src/Network/Http.cpp
+++ b/src/Network/Http.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ std::string HTTP::Post(const std::string& IP, const std::string& Fields) {
     return Ret;
 }
 
-bool HTTP::Download(const std::string& IP, const std::string& Path) {
+bool HTTP::Download(const std::string& IP, const beammp_fs_string& Path) {
     static std::mutex Lock;
     std::scoped_lock Guard(Lock);
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ bool HTTP::Download(const std::string& IP, const std::string& Path) {
         File.close();
         info("Download Complete!");
     } else {
-        error("Failed to open file directory: " + Path);
+        error(beammp_wide("Failed to open file directory: ") + Path);
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Network/Resources.cpp b/src/Network/Resources.cpp
index 1cfa90e..ea99d98 100644
--- a/src/Network/Resources.cpp
+++ b/src/Network/Resources.cpp
@@ -301,68 +301,6 @@ void InvalidResource(const std::string& File) {
     Terminate = true;
 }
 
-std::string GetSha256HashReallyFast(const std::string& filename) {
-    try {
-        EVP_MD_CTX* mdctx;
-        const EVP_MD* md;
-        uint8_t sha256_value[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE];
-        md = EVP_sha256();
-        if (md == nullptr) {
-            throw std::runtime_error("EVP_sha256() failed");
-        }
-
-        mdctx = EVP_MD_CTX_new();
-        if (mdctx == nullptr) {
-            throw std::runtime_error("EVP_MD_CTX_new() failed");
-        }
-        if (!EVP_DigestInit_ex2(mdctx, md, NULL)) {
-            EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);
-            throw std::runtime_error("EVP_DigestInit_ex2() failed");
-        }
-
-        std::ifstream stream(filename, std::ios::binary);
-
-        const size_t FileSize = std::filesystem::file_size(filename);
-        size_t Read = 0;
-        std::vector<char> Data;
-        while (Read < FileSize) {
-            Data.resize(size_t(std::min<size_t>(FileSize - Read, 4096)));
-            size_t RealDataSize = Data.size();
-            stream.read(Data.data(), std::streamsize(Data.size()));
-            if (stream.eof() || stream.fail()) {
-                RealDataSize = size_t(stream.gcount());
-            }
-            Data.resize(RealDataSize);
-            if (RealDataSize == 0) {
-                break;
-            }
-            if (RealDataSize > 0 && !EVP_DigestUpdate(mdctx, Data.data(), Data.size())) {
-                EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);
-                throw std::runtime_error("EVP_DigestUpdate() failed");
-            }
-            Read += RealDataSize;
-        }
-        unsigned int sha256_len = 0;
-        if (!EVP_DigestFinal_ex(mdctx, sha256_value, &sha256_len)) {
-            EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);
-            throw std::runtime_error("EVP_DigestFinal_ex() failed");
-        }
-        EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);
-
-        std::string result;
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < sha256_len; i++) {
-            char buf[3];
-            sprintf(buf, "%02x", sha256_value[i]);
-            buf[2] = 0;
-            result += buf;
-        }
-        return result;
-    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
-        error("Sha256 hashing of '" + filename + "' failed: " + e.what());
-        return "";
-    }
-}
-
 struct ModInfo {
     static std::pair<bool, std::vector<ModInfo>> ParseModInfosFromPacket(const std::string& packet) {
         bool success = false;
@@ -405,7 +343,7 @@ nlohmann::json modUsage = {};
 
 void UpdateModUsage(const std::string& fileName) {
     try {
-        fs::path usageFile = fs::path(CachingDirectory) / "mods.json";
+        fs::path usageFile = CachingDirectory / "mods.json";
 
         if (!fs::exists(usageFile)) {
             if (std::ofstream file(usageFile); !file.is_open()) {
@@ -423,7 +361,7 @@ void UpdateModUsage(const std::string& fileName) {
         }
 
         if (modUsage.empty()) {
-            auto Size = fs::file_size(fs::path(CachingDirectory) / "mods.json");
+            auto Size = fs::file_size(CachingDirectory / "mods.json");
             std::string modsJson(Size, 0);
             file.read(&modsJson[0], Size);
 
@@ -506,14 +444,14 @@ void NewSyncResources(SOCKET Sock, const std::string& Mods, const std::vector<Mo
             return;
         }
         auto FileName = std::filesystem::path(ModInfoIter->FileName).stem().string() + "-" + ModInfoIter->Hash.substr(0, 8) + std::filesystem::path(ModInfoIter->FileName).extension().string();
-        auto PathToSaveTo = (fs::path(CachingDirectory) / FileName).string();
-        if (fs::exists(PathToSaveTo) && GetSha256HashReallyFast(PathToSaveTo) == ModInfoIter->Hash) {
+        auto PathToSaveTo = (CachingDirectory / FileName);
+        if (fs::exists(PathToSaveTo) && Utils::GetSha256HashReallyFast(PathToSaveTo) == ModInfoIter->Hash) {
             debug("Mod '" + FileName + "' found in cache");
             UpdateUl(false, std::to_string(ModNo) + "/" + std::to_string(TotalMods) + ": " + ModInfoIter->FileName);
             std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(50));
             try {
-                if (!fs::exists(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer")) {
-                    fs::create_directories(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer");
+                if (!fs::exists(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"))) {
+                    fs::create_directories(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"));
                 }
                 auto modname = ModInfoIter->FileName;
 #if defined(__linux__)
@@ -537,16 +475,16 @@ void NewSyncResources(SOCKET Sock, const std::string& Mods, const std::vector<Mo
             }
             WaitForConfirm();
             continue;
-        } else if (auto OldCachedPath = fs::path(CachingDirectory) / std::filesystem::path(ModInfoIter->FileName).filename();
-                   fs::exists(OldCachedPath) && GetSha256HashReallyFast(OldCachedPath.string()) == ModInfoIter->Hash) {
+        } else if (auto OldCachedPath = CachingDirectory / std::filesystem::path(ModInfoIter->FileName).filename();
+                   fs::exists(OldCachedPath) && Utils::GetSha256HashReallyFast(OldCachedPath) == ModInfoIter->Hash) {
             debug("Mod '" + FileName + "' found in old cache, copying it to the new cache");
             UpdateUl(false, std::to_string(ModNo) + "/" + std::to_string(TotalMods) + ": " + ModInfoIter->FileName);
             std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(50));
             try {
                 fs::copy_file(OldCachedPath, PathToSaveTo, fs::copy_options::overwrite_existing);
 
-                if (!fs::exists(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer")) {
-                    fs::create_directories(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer");
+                if (!fs::exists(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"))) {
+                    fs::create_directories(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"));
                 }
 
                 auto modname = ModInfoIter->FileName;
@@ -576,7 +514,7 @@ void NewSyncResources(SOCKET Sock, const std::string& Mods, const std::vector<Mo
         }
 
         if (ModInfoIter->Protected) {
-            std::string message = "Mod '" + ModInfoIter->FileName + "' is protected and therefore must be placed in the Resources/Caching folder manually here: " + fs::absolute(CachingDirectory).string();
+            std::string message = "Mod '" + ModInfoIter->FileName + "' is protected and therefore must be placed in the Resources/Caching folder manually here: " + absolute(CachingDirectory).string();
 
             error(message);
             UUl(message);
@@ -587,7 +525,7 @@ void NewSyncResources(SOCKET Sock, const std::string& Mods, const std::vector<Mo
         CheckForDir();
         std::string FName = ModInfoIter->FileName;
         do {
-            debug("Loading file '" + FName + "' to '" + PathToSaveTo + "'");
+            debug(beammp_wide("Loading file '") + Utils::ToWString(FName) + beammp_wide("' to '") + beammp_fs_string(PathToSaveTo) + beammp_wide("'"));
             TCPSend("f" + ModInfoIter->FileName, Sock);
 
             std::string Data = TCPRcv(Sock);
@@ -620,18 +558,18 @@ void NewSyncResources(SOCKET Sock, const std::string& Mods, const std::vector<Mo
             }
             // 2. verify size and hash
             if (std::filesystem::file_size(PathToSaveTo) != DownloadedFile.size()) {
-                error("Failed to write the entire file '" + PathToSaveTo + "' correctly (file size mismatch)");
+                error(beammp_wide("Failed to write the entire file '") + beammp_fs_string(PathToSaveTo) + beammp_wide("' correctly (file size mismatch)"));
                 Terminate = true;
             }
 
-            if (GetSha256HashReallyFast(PathToSaveTo) != ModInfoIter->Hash) {
-                error("Failed to write or download the entire file '" + PathToSaveTo + "' correctly (hash mismatch)");
+            if (Utils::GetSha256HashReallyFast(PathToSaveTo) != ModInfoIter->Hash) {
+                error(beammp_wide("Failed to write or download the entire file '") + beammp_fs_string(PathToSaveTo) + beammp_wide("' correctly (hash mismatch)"));
                 Terminate = true;
             }
         } while (fs::file_size(PathToSaveTo) != ModInfoIter->FileSize && !Terminate);
         if (!Terminate) {
-            if (!fs::exists(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer")) {
-                fs::create_directories(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer");
+            if (!fs::exists(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"))) {
+                fs::create_directories(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"));
             }
 
 // Linux version of the game doesnt support uppercase letters in mod names
@@ -688,7 +626,8 @@ void SyncResources(SOCKET Sock) {
     Ret.clear();
 
     int Amount = 0, Pos = 0;
-    std::string PathToSaveTo, t;
+    std::filesystem::path PathToSaveTo;
+    std::string t;
     for (const std::string& name : FNames) {
         if (!name.empty()) {
             t += name.substr(name.find_last_of('/') + 1) + ";";
@@ -716,7 +655,7 @@ void SyncResources(SOCKET Sock) {
     for (auto FN = FNames.begin(), FS = FSizes.begin(); FN != FNames.end() && !Terminate; ++FN, ++FS) {
         auto pos = FN->find_last_of('/');
         if (pos != std::string::npos) {
-            PathToSaveTo = CachingDirectory + FN->substr(pos);
+            PathToSaveTo = CachingDirectory / std::filesystem::path(*FN).filename();
         } else {
             continue;
         }
@@ -726,21 +665,22 @@ void SyncResources(SOCKET Sock) {
             if (FS->find_first_not_of("0123456789") != std::string::npos)
                 continue;
             if (fs::file_size(PathToSaveTo) == FileSize) {
-                UpdateUl(false, std::to_string(Pos) + "/" + std::to_string(Amount) + ": " + PathToSaveTo.substr(PathToSaveTo.find_last_of('/')));
+                UpdateUl(false, std::to_string(Pos) + "/" + std::to_string(Amount) + ": " + PathToSaveTo.filename().string());
                 std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(50));
                 try {
-                    if (!fs::exists(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer")) {
-                        fs::create_directories(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer");
+                    if (!fs::exists(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"))) {
+                        fs::create_directories(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"));
                     }
-                    auto modname = PathToSaveTo.substr(PathToSaveTo.find_last_of('/'));
+                    auto modname = PathToSaveTo.filename().string();
 #if defined(__linux__)
                     // Linux version of the game doesnt support uppercase letters in mod names
                     for (char& c : modname) {
                         c = ::tolower(c);
                     }
 #endif
-                    auto name = GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer" + modname;
-                    auto tmp_name = name + ".tmp";
+                    auto name = GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer") / Utils::ToWString(modname);
+                    auto tmp_name = name;
+                    tmp_name += L".tmp";
                     fs::copy_file(PathToSaveTo, tmp_name, fs::copy_options::overwrite_existing);
                     fs::rename(tmp_name, name);
                     UpdateModUsage(modname);
@@ -752,12 +692,12 @@ void SyncResources(SOCKET Sock) {
                 WaitForConfirm();
                 continue;
             } else
-                remove(PathToSaveTo.c_str());
+                fs::remove(PathToSaveTo.wstring());
         }
         CheckForDir();
-        std::string FName = PathToSaveTo.substr(PathToSaveTo.find_last_of('/'));
+        std::string FName = PathToSaveTo.filename().string();
         do {
-            debug("Loading file '" + FName + "' to '" + PathToSaveTo + "'");
+            debug("Loading file '" + FName + "' to '" + PathToSaveTo.string() + "'");
             TCPSend("f" + *FN, Sock);
 
             std::string Data = TCPRcv(Sock);
@@ -782,13 +722,13 @@ void SyncResources(SOCKET Sock) {
             }
             // 2. verify size
             if (std::filesystem::file_size(PathToSaveTo) != DownloadedFile.size()) {
-                error("Failed to write the entire file '" + PathToSaveTo + "' correctly (file size mismatch)");
+                error(beammp_wide("Failed to write the entire file '") + beammp_fs_string(PathToSaveTo) + beammp_wide("' correctly (file size mismatch)"));
                 Terminate = true;
             }
         } while (fs::file_size(PathToSaveTo) != std::stoull(*FS) && !Terminate);
         if (!Terminate) {
-            if (!fs::exists(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer")) {
-                fs::create_directories(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer");
+            if (!fs::exists(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"))) {
+                fs::create_directories(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"));
             }
 
 // Linux version of the game doesnt support uppercase letters in mod names
@@ -798,7 +738,7 @@ void SyncResources(SOCKET Sock) {
             }
 #endif
 
-            fs::copy_file(PathToSaveTo, GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer" + FName, fs::copy_options::overwrite_existing);
+            fs::copy_file(PathToSaveTo, GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer") / Utils::ToWString(FName), fs::copy_options::overwrite_existing);
             UpdateModUsage(FN->substr(pos));
         }
         WaitForConfirm();
diff --git a/src/Security/BeamNG.cpp b/src/Security/BeamNG.cpp
index 88b4542..9b6cbe3 100644
--- a/src/Security/BeamNG.cpp
+++ b/src/Security/BeamNG.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #include <filesystem>
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-#include <windows.h>
 #elif defined(__linux__)
 #include "vdf_parser.hpp"
 #include <pwd.h>
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <vector>
 #endif
 #include "Logger.h"
+#include "Utils.h"
+
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <thread>
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
 #define MAX_VALUE_NAME 16383
 
 int TraceBack = 0;
-std::string GameDir;
+beammp_fs_string GameDir;
 
 void lowExit(int code) {
     TraceBack = 0;
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ void lowExit(int code) {
     exit(2);
 }
 
-std::string GetGameDir() {
+beammp_fs_string GetGameDir() {
 #if defined(_WIN32)
     return GameDir.substr(0, GameDir.find_last_of('\\'));
 #elif defined(__linux__)
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@ std::string GetGameDir() {
 LONG OpenKey(HKEY root, const char* path, PHKEY hKey) {
     return RegOpenKeyEx(root, reinterpret_cast<LPCSTR>(path), 0, KEY_READ, hKey);
 }
-std::string QueryKey(HKEY hKey, int ID) {
-    TCHAR achKey[MAX_KEY_LENGTH]; // buffer for subkey name
+std::wstring QueryKey(HKEY hKey, int ID) {
+    wchar_t* achKey; // buffer for subkey name
     DWORD cbName; // size of name string
     TCHAR achClass[MAX_PATH] = TEXT(""); // buffer for class name
     DWORD cchClassName = MAX_PATH; // size of class string
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ std::string QueryKey(HKEY hKey, int ID) {
 
     DWORD i, retCode;
 
-    TCHAR achValue[MAX_VALUE_NAME];
+    wchar_t* achValue = new wchar_t[MAX_VALUE_NAME];
     DWORD cchValue = MAX_VALUE_NAME;
 
     retCode = RegQueryInfoKey(
@@ -82,9 +83,9 @@ std::string QueryKey(HKEY hKey, int ID) {
     if (cSubKeys) {
         for (i = 0; i < cSubKeys; i++) {
             cbName = MAX_KEY_LENGTH;
-            retCode = RegEnumKeyEx(hKey, i, achKey, &cbName, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, &ftLastWriteTime);
+            retCode = RegEnumKeyExW(hKey, i, achKey, &cbName, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, &ftLastWriteTime);
             if (retCode == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-                if (strcmp(achKey, "Steam App 284160") == 0) {
+                if (wcscmp(achKey, L"Steam App 284160") == 0) {
                     return achKey;
                 }
             }
@@ -94,36 +95,37 @@ std::string QueryKey(HKEY hKey, int ID) {
         for (i = 0, retCode = ERROR_SUCCESS; i < cValues; i++) {
             cchValue = MAX_VALUE_NAME;
             achValue[0] = '\0';
-            retCode = RegEnumValue(hKey, i, achValue, &cchValue, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
+            retCode = RegEnumValueW(hKey, i, achValue, &cchValue, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
             if (retCode == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
                 DWORD lpData = cbMaxValueData;
                 buffer[0] = '\0';
-                LONG dwRes = RegQueryValueEx(hKey, achValue, nullptr, nullptr, buffer, &lpData);
-                std::string data = (char*)(buffer);
-                std::string key = achValue;
+                LONG dwRes = RegQueryValueExW(hKey, achValue, nullptr, nullptr, buffer, &lpData);
+                std::wstring data = (wchar_t*)(buffer);
+                std::wstring key = achValue;
+
 
                 switch (ID) {
                 case 1:
-                    if (key == "SteamExe") {
-                        auto p = data.find_last_of("/\\");
+                    if (key == L"SteamExe") {
+                        auto p = data.find_last_of(L"/\\");
                         if (p != std::string::npos) {
                             return data.substr(0, p);
                         }
                     }
                     break;
                 case 2:
-                    if (key == "Name" && data == "BeamNG.drive")
+                    if (key == L"Name" && data == L"BeamNG.drive")
                         return data;
                     break;
                 case 3:
-                    if (key == "rootpath")
+                    if (key == L"rootpath")
                         return data;
                     break;
                 case 4:
-                    if (key == "userpath_override")
+                    if (key == L"userpath_override")
                         return data;
                 case 5:
-                    if (key == "Local AppData")
+                    if (key == L"Local AppData")
                         return data;
                 default:
                     break;
@@ -131,8 +133,9 @@ std::string QueryKey(HKEY hKey, int ID) {
             }
         }
     }
+    delete[] achValue;
     delete[] buffer;
-    return "";
+    return L"";
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ void FileList(std::vector<std::string>& a, const std::string& Path) {
 }
 void LegitimacyCheck() {
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-    std::string Result;
+    std::wstring Result;
     std::string K3 = R"(Software\BeamNG\BeamNG.drive)";
     HKEY hKey;
     LONG dwRegOPenKey = OpenKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, K3.c_str(), &hKey);
@@ -229,12 +232,9 @@ void LegitimacyCheck() {
     }
 #endif
 }
-std::string CheckVer(const std::string& dir) {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    std::string temp, Path = dir + "\\integrity.json";
-#elif defined(__linux__)
-    std::string temp, Path = dir + "/integrity.json";
-#endif
+std::string CheckVer(const beammp_fs_string& dir) {
+    std::string temp;
+    beammp_fs_string Path = dir + beammp_wide("\\integrity.json");
     std::ifstream f(Path.c_str(), std::ios::binary);
     int Size = int(std::filesystem::file_size(Path));
     std::string vec(Size, 0);
diff --git a/src/Startup.cpp b/src/Startup.cpp
index bb6536a..d74763d 100644
--- a/src/Startup.cpp
+++ b/src/Startup.cpp
@@ -12,20 +12,20 @@
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <string>
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-#include <windows.h>
 #elif defined(__linux__)
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 #include "Http.h"
 #include "Logger.h"
 #include "Network/network.hpp"
+#include "Options.h"
 #include "Security/Init.h"
 #include "Startup.h"
+#include "Utils.h"
 #include "hashpp.h"
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <thread>
-#include "Options.h"
 
 extern int TraceBack;
 int ProxyPort = 0;
@@ -72,12 +72,8 @@ Version::Version(const std::array<uint8_t, 3>& v)
     : Version(v[0], v[1], v[2]) {
 }
 
-std::string GetEN() {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    return "BeamMP-Launcher.exe";
-#elif defined(__linux__)
-    return "BeamMP-Launcher";
-#endif
+beammp_fs_string GetEN() {
+    return beammp_wide("BeamMP-Launcher.exe");
 }
 
 std::string GetVer() {
@@ -87,34 +83,34 @@ std::string GetPatch() {
     return ".1";
 }
 
-std::string GetEP(const char* P) {
-    static std::string Ret = [&]() {
-        std::string path(P);
-        return path.substr(0, path.find_last_of("\\/") + 1);
+beammp_fs_string GetEP(const beammp_fs_char* P) {
+    static beammp_fs_string Ret = [&]() {
+        beammp_fs_string path(P);
+        return path.substr(0, path.find_last_of(beammp_wide("\\/")) + 1);
     }();
     return Ret;
 }
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 void ReLaunch() {
-    std::string Arg;
+    std::wstring Arg;
     for (int c = 2; c <= options.argc; c++) {
-        Arg += options.argv[c - 1];
-        Arg += " ";
+        Arg += Utils::ToWString(options.argv[c - 1]);
+        Arg += L" ";
     }
     info("Relaunch!");
     system("cls");
-    ShellExecute(nullptr, "runas", (GetEP() + GetEN()).c_str(), Arg.c_str(), nullptr, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
+    ShellExecuteW(nullptr, L"runas", (GetEP() + GetEN()).c_str(), Arg.c_str(), nullptr, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
     ShowWindow(GetConsoleWindow(), 0);
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
     exit(1);
 }
 void URelaunch() {
-    std::string Arg;
+    std::wstring Arg;
     for (int c = 2; c <= options.argc; c++) {
-        Arg += options.argv[c - 1];
-        Arg += " ";
+        Arg += Utils::ToWString(options.argv[c - 1]);
+        Arg += L" ";
     }
-    ShellExecute(nullptr, "open", (GetEP() + GetEN()).c_str(), Arg.c_str(), nullptr, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
+    ShellExecuteW(nullptr, L"open", (GetEP() + GetEN()).c_str(), Arg.c_str(), nullptr, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
     ShowWindow(GetConsoleWindow(), 0);
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
     exit(1);
@@ -149,16 +145,16 @@ void URelaunch() {
 
 void CheckName() {
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-    std::string DN = GetEN(), CDir = options.executable_name, FN = CDir.substr(CDir.find_last_of('\\') + 1);
+    std::wstring DN = GetEN(), CDir = Utils::ToWString(options.executable_name), FN = CDir.substr(CDir.find_last_of('\\') + 1);
 #elif defined(__linux__)
     std::string DN = GetEN(), CDir = options.executable_name, FN = CDir.substr(CDir.find_last_of('/') + 1);
 #endif
     if (FN != DN) {
         if (fs::exists(DN))
-            remove(DN.c_str());
+            fs::remove(DN.c_str());
         if (fs::exists(DN))
             ReLaunch();
-        std::rename(FN.c_str(), DN.c_str());
+        fs::rename(FN.c_str(), DN.c_str());
         URelaunch();
     }
 }
@@ -169,9 +165,9 @@ void CheckForUpdates(const std::string& CV) {
         "https://backend.beammp.com/version/launcher?branch=" + Branch + "&pk=" + PublicKey);
 
     transform(LatestHash.begin(), LatestHash.end(), LatestHash.begin(), ::tolower);
-    std::string EP(GetEP() + GetEN()), Back(GetEP() + "BeamMP-Launcher.back");
+    beammp_fs_string EP(GetEP() + GetEN()), Back(GetEP() + beammp_wide("BeamMP-Launcher.back"));
 
-    std::string FileHash = hashpp::get::getFileHash(hashpp::ALGORITHMS::SHA2_256, EP);
+    std::string FileHash = Utils::GetSha256HashReallyFast(EP);
 
     if (FileHash != LatestHash && IsOutdated(Version(VersionStrToInts(GetVer() + GetPatch())), Version(VersionStrToInts(LatestVersion)))) {
         if (!options.no_update) {
@@ -251,7 +247,7 @@ size_t DirCount(const std::filesystem::path& path) {
     return (size_t)std::distance(std::filesystem::directory_iterator { path }, std::filesystem::directory_iterator {});
 }
 
-void CheckMP(const std::string& Path) {
+void CheckMP(const beammp_fs_string& Path) {
     if (!fs::exists(Path))
         return;
     size_t c = DirCount(fs::path(Path));
@@ -271,7 +267,7 @@ void CheckMP(const std::string& Path) {
 }
 
 void EnableMP() {
-    std::string File(GetGamePath() + "mods/db.json");
+    beammp_fs_string File(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/db.json"));
     if (!fs::exists(File))
         return;
     auto Size = fs::file_size(File);
@@ -294,18 +290,18 @@ void EnableMP() {
                 ofs << d.dump();
                 ofs.close();
             } else {
-                error("Failed to write " + File);
+                error(beammp_wide("Failed to write ") + File);
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-void PreGame(const std::string& GamePath) {
+void PreGame(const beammp_fs_string& GamePath) {
     std::string GameVer = CheckVer(GamePath);
     info("Game Version : " + GameVer);
 
-    CheckMP(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer");
-    info("Game user path: " + GetGamePath());
+    CheckMP(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"));
+    info(beammp_wide("Game user path: ") + beammp_fs_string(GetGamePath()));
 
     if (!options.no_download) {
         std::string LatestHash = HTTP::Get("https://backend.beammp.com/sha/mod?branch=" + Branch + "&pk=" + PublicKey);
@@ -315,21 +311,21 @@ void PreGame(const std::string& GamePath) {
             LatestHash.end());
 
         try {
-            if (!fs::exists(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer")) {
-                fs::create_directories(GetGamePath() + "mods/multiplayer");
+            if (!fs::exists(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"))) {
+                fs::create_directories(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/multiplayer"));
             }
             EnableMP();
         } catch (std::exception& e) {
             fatal(e.what());
         }
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-        std::string ZipPath(GetGamePath() + R"(mods\multiplayer\BeamMP.zip)");
+        std::wstring ZipPath(GetGamePath() / LR"(mods\multiplayer\BeamMP.zip)");
 #elif defined(__linux__)
         // Linux version of the game cant handle mods with uppercase names
-        std::string ZipPath(GetGamePath() + R"(mods/multiplayer/beammp.zip)");
+        std::string ZipPath(GetGamePath() / R"(mods/multiplayer/beammp.zip)");
 #endif
 
-        std::string FileHash = hashpp::get::getFileHash(hashpp::ALGORITHMS::SHA2_256, ZipPath);
+        std::string FileHash = fs::exists(ZipPath) ? Utils::GetSha256HashReallyFast(ZipPath) : "";
 
         if (FileHash != LatestHash) {
             info("Downloading BeamMP Update " + LatestHash);
@@ -339,9 +335,9 @@ void PreGame(const std::string& GamePath) {
                 ZipPath);
         }
 
-        std::string Target(GetGamePath() + "mods/unpacked/beammp");
+        beammp_fs_string Target(GetGamePath() / beammp_wide("mods/unpacked/beammp"));
 
-        if (fs::is_directory(Target) && !fs::is_directory(Target + "/.git")) {
+        if (fs::is_directory(Target) && !fs::is_directory(Target + beammp_wide("/.git"))) {
             fs::remove_all(Target);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index ddfc4a5..b2f9099 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "Network/network.hpp"
 #include "Security/Init.h"
 #include "Startup.h"
+#include "Utils.h"
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <thread>
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv) try {
 
     curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
 
-    GetEP(argv[0]);
+    GetEP(Utils::ToWString(std::string(argv[0])).c_str());
 
     InitLog();
     ConfigInit();