diff --git a/src/Gui/Application.cpp b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
index dc63e2e172..eb3ef7a271 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
@@ -2295,7 +2295,8 @@ void Application::runApplication(void)
             flock->lock();
         }
         catch (const boost::interprocess::interprocess_exception& e) {
-            Base::Console().Warning("Failed to create a file lock for the IPC: %s\n", e.what());
+            QString msg = QString::fromLocal8Bit(e.what());
+            Base::Console().Warning("Failed to create a file lock for the IPC: %s\n", msg.toUtf8().constData());
         }
 
         Base::Console().Log("Init: Executing event loop...\n");
@@ -2457,7 +2458,8 @@ void Application::checkForPreviousCrashes()
         }
     }
     catch (const boost::interprocess::interprocess_exception& e) {
-        Base::Console().Warning("Failed check for previous crashes because of IPC error: %s\n", e.what());
+        QString msg = QString::fromLocal8Bit(e.what());
+        Base::Console().Warning("Failed check for previous crashes because of IPC error: %s\n", msg.toUtf8().constData());
     }
 }