From 21692d5a789b55a07faf3e591e2cb8a27b1d5fac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pieter-Jan Briers <pieterjan.briers+git@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 04:23:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix portable mode Unicode (#1893)

* Fix portable mode Unicode

Fixes https://github.com/TwilitRealm/dusklight/issues/1839

* Use path_from_utf8 instead

Huh yeah sure we have that apparently
---
 src/dusk/data.cpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dusk/data.cpp b/src/dusk/data.cpp
index dc666dd236..2720651699 100644
--- a/src/dusk/data.cpp
+++ b/src/dusk/data.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ std::filesystem::path get_pref_path() {
         Log.fatal("Unable to get PrefPath: {}", SDL_GetError());
     }
 
-    std::filesystem::path result{reinterpret_cast<const char8_t*>(prefPath)};
+    std::filesystem::path result = path_from_utf8(prefPath);
     SDL_free(prefPath);
     return result;
 }
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ std::filesystem::path base_path_relative(const std::filesystem::path& path) {
     if (!basePath) {
         return path;
     }
-    return std::filesystem::path{basePath} / path;
+    return path_from_utf8(basePath) / path;
 }
 
 std::filesystem::path default_data_path(const std::filesystem::path& prefPath) {