diff --git a/src/core/songloader.cpp b/src/core/songloader.cpp
index 2cfbf5812..677fc26b5 100644
--- a/src/core/songloader.cpp
+++ b/src/core/songloader.cpp
@@ -520,8 +520,8 @@ void SongLoader::ErrorMessageReceived(GstMessage* msg) {
   gchar* debugs;
 
   gst_message_parse_error(msg, &error, &debugs);
-  qLog(Error) << error->message;
-  qLog(Error) << debugs;
+  qLog(Error) << QString::fromLocal8Bit(error->message);
+  qLog(Error) << QString::fromLocal8Bit(debugs);
 
   QString message_str = error->message;
 
diff --git a/src/devices/cddasongloader.cpp b/src/devices/cddasongloader.cpp
index ef92046a1..19b669bd8 100644
--- a/src/devices/cddasongloader.cpp
+++ b/src/devices/cddasongloader.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void CddaSongLoader::LoadSongsFromCdda() {
   GError* error = nullptr;
   cdda_ = gst_element_make_from_uri(GST_URI_SRC, "cdda://", nullptr, &error);
   if (error) {
-    qLog(Error) << error->code << error->message;
+    qLog(Error) << error->code << QString::fromLocal8Bit(error->message);
   }
   if (cdda_ == nullptr) {
     return;
diff --git a/src/devices/giolister.cpp b/src/devices/giolister.cpp
index 5f63ef248..290e21a0f 100644
--- a/src/devices/giolister.cpp
+++ b/src/devices/giolister.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ void OperationFinished(F f, GObject* object, GAsyncResult* result) {
   f(obj, result, &error);
 
   if (error) {
-    qLog(Error) << "Mount/unmount error:" << error->message;
+    qLog(Error) << "Mount/unmount error:"
+                << QString::fromLocal8Bit(error->message);
     g_error_free(error);
   }
 }
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ void GioLister::DeviceInfo::ReadMountInfo(GMount* mount) {
       "," G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_FREE "," G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_TYPE,
       nullptr, &error);
   if (error) {
-    qLog(Warning) << error->message;
+    qLog(Warning) << QString::fromLocal8Bit(error->message);
     g_error_free(error);
   } else {
     filesystem_size = g_file_info_get_attribute_uint64(
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ void GioLister::DeviceInfo::ReadMountInfo(GMount* mount) {
     info = g_file_query_info(root, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ID_FILESYSTEM,
                              G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE, nullptr, &error);
     if (error) {
-      qLog(Warning) << error->message;
+      qLog(Warning) << QString::fromLocal8Bit(error->message);
       g_error_free(error);
     } else {
       mount_uuid = QString::fromUtf8(g_file_info_get_attribute_string(
@@ -513,7 +514,7 @@ void GioLister::UpdateDeviceFreeSpace(const QString& id) {
     GFileInfo* info = g_file_query_filesystem_info(
         root, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_FREE, nullptr, &error);
     if (error) {
-      qLog(Warning) << error->message;
+      qLog(Warning) << QString::fromLocal8Bit(error->message);
       g_error_free(error);
     } else {
       device_info.filesystem_free = g_file_info_get_attribute_uint64(
diff --git a/src/devices/gpoddevice.cpp b/src/devices/gpoddevice.cpp
index cacfb14ec..be3f76bcb 100644
--- a/src/devices/gpoddevice.cpp
+++ b/src/devices/gpoddevice.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ bool GPodDevice::CopyToStorage(const CopyJob& job) {
       track, QDir::toNativeSeparators(job.source_).toLocal8Bit().constData(),
       &error);
   if (error) {
-    qLog(Error) << "copying failed:" << error->message;
+    qLog(Error) << "copying failed:" << QString::fromUtf8(error->message);
     app_->AddError(QString::fromUtf8(error->message));
     g_error_free(error);
 
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ void GPodDevice::WriteDatabase(bool success) {
     GError* error = nullptr;
     itdb_write(db_, &error);
     if (error) {
-      qLog(Error) << "writing database failed:" << error->message;
+      qLog(Error) << "writing database failed:"
+                  << QString::fromUtf8(error->message);
       app_->AddError(QString::fromUtf8(error->message));
       g_error_free(error);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/devices/gpodloader.cpp b/src/devices/gpodloader.cpp
index b57596fc0..60fd26444 100644
--- a/src/devices/gpodloader.cpp
+++ b/src/devices/gpodloader.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ void GPodLoader::LoadDatabase() {
   // Check for errors
   if (!db) {
     if (error) {
-      qLog(Error) << "loading database failed:" << error->message;
+      qLog(Error) << "loading database failed:"
+                  << QString::fromUtf8(error->message);
       emit Error(QString::fromUtf8(error->message));
       g_error_free(error);
     } else {