diff --git a/UI/MenuScreens.cpp b/UI/MenuScreens.cpp
index a266fbf18d..6989d3835f 100644
--- a/UI/MenuScreens.cpp
+++ b/UI/MenuScreens.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 namespace MainWindow {
 	void BrowseAndBoot(std::string defaultPath);
 }
+
+#pragma execution_character_set("utf-8")
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ void LogoScreen::render() {
 	ui_draw2d.SetFontScale(1.5f, 1.5f);
 	ui_draw2d.DrawText(UBUNTU48, "PPSSPP", dp_xres / 2, dp_yres / 2 - 30, colorAlpha(0xFFFFFFFF, alphaText), ALIGN_CENTER);
 	ui_draw2d.SetFontScale(1.0f, 1.0f);
-	ui_draw2d.DrawText(UBUNTU24, "Created by Henrik Rydg\u00E5rd", dp_xres / 2, dp_yres / 2 + 40, colorAlpha(0xFFFFFFFF, alphaText), ALIGN_CENTER);
+	ui_draw2d.DrawText(UBUNTU24, "Created by Henrik Rydgård", dp_xres / 2, dp_yres / 2 + 40, colorAlpha(0xFFFFFFFF, alphaText), ALIGN_CENTER);
 	ui_draw2d.DrawText(UBUNTU24, "Free Software under GPL 2.0", dp_xres / 2, dp_yres / 2 + 70, colorAlpha(0xFFFFFFFF, alphaText), ALIGN_CENTER);
 	ui_draw2d.DrawText(UBUNTU24, "www.ppsspp.org", dp_xres / 2, dp_yres / 2 + 130, colorAlpha(0xFFFFFFFF, alphaText), ALIGN_CENTER);
 	if (bootFilename_.size()) {
@@ -976,7 +978,7 @@ static const char * credits[] = {
 	"",
 	"A fast and portable PSP emulator",
 	"",
-	"Created by Henrik Rydg\u00E5rd",
+	"Created by Henrik Rydgård",
 	"(aka hrydgard, ector)"
 	"",
 	"",