diff --git a/mpv.py b/mpv.py
index 5e94c7f..226f08c 100644
--- a/mpv.py
+++ b/mpv.py
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ from warnings import warn
 from functools import partial
 
 # vim: ts=4 sw=4 et
-fs_enc = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
 
 if os.name == 'nt':
     backend = CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library('mpv-1.dll'))
+	fs_enc = 'utf-8'
 else:
     backend = CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library('mpv'))
+	fs_enc = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
 
 
 class MpvHandle(c_void_p):