diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 4fb35acda..da08506ce 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Unreleased - Christophe Dumez <chris@qbittorrent.org> - v2.4.3
+    - BUGFIX: Fix encoding issue in command line parameters processing
+
 * Sun Sep 26 2010 - Christophe Dumez <chris@qbittorrent.org> - v2.4.2
     - BUGFIX: Fix display of torrent content in addition dialog
     - BUGFIX: Really fix manual editing of save path in torrent addition dialog
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 194191e18..412e05207 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
     for (int a = 1; a < argc; ++a) {
       QString p = QString::fromLocal8Bit(argv[a]);
       if(p.startsWith("--")) continue;
-      message += argv[a];
+      message += QString::fromLocal8Bit(argv[a]);
       if (a < argc-1)
         message += "|";
     }