diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index b02fdd5..2b89d77 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - history feature can be configured to ingore defined strings:
   script-opt = history-discard=value1;value2
 - Web stream audio and subtitle track selection.
+- On Windows 10 the default code page was changed to UTF8.
 
 
 5.4.8.6 Beta (2020-12-24)
diff --git a/mpv.net/app.manifest b/mpv.net/app.manifest
index 898dc0d..572a87c 100644
--- a/mpv.net/app.manifest
+++ b/mpv.net/app.manifest
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </compatibility>
   <application>
     <windowsSettings>
+      <activeCodePage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings">UTF-8</activeCodePage>
       <longPathAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">true</longPathAware>
       <dpiAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">true</dpiAware>
       <dpiAwareness xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">PerMonitorV2</dpiAwareness>