diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py b/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
index b0640513a..663f6c75a 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
@@ -720,7 +720,8 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
             args = []
             for a in self.arguments:
                 args.extend([a])
-            self.serviceManagerContents.loadFile(unicode(args[0]))
+            self.serviceManagerContents.loadFile(unicode(args[0],
+                sys.getfilesystemencoding()))
         elif QtCore.QSettings().value(
             self.generalSettingsSection + u'/auto open',
             QtCore.QVariant(False)).toBool():