diff --git a/launcher/LoggedProcess.cpp b/launcher/LoggedProcess.cpp
index fbdeed8f..5ad310a3 100644
--- a/launcher/LoggedProcess.cpp
+++ b/launcher/LoggedProcess.cpp
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "LoggedProcess.h"
-#include "MessageLevel.h"
 #include <QDebug>
+#include <QTextDecoder>
+#include "MessageLevel.h"
 
 LoggedProcess::LoggedProcess(QObject *parent) : QProcess(parent)
 {
@@ -59,25 +60,22 @@ LoggedProcess::~LoggedProcess()
     }
 }
 
-QStringList reprocess(const QByteArray & data, QString & leftover)
+QStringList reprocess(const QByteArray& data, QTextDecoder& decoder)
 {
-    QString str = leftover + QString::fromLocal8Bit(data);
-
-    str.remove('\r');
-    QStringList lines = str.split("\n");
-    leftover = lines.takeLast();
+    auto str = decoder.toUnicode(data);
+    auto lines = str.remove(QChar::CarriageReturn).split(QChar::LineFeed, Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
     return lines;
 }
 
 void LoggedProcess::on_stdErr()
 {
-    auto lines = reprocess(readAllStandardError(), m_err_leftover);
+    auto lines = reprocess(readAllStandardError(), m_err_decoder);
     emit log(lines, MessageLevel::StdErr);
 }
 
 void LoggedProcess::on_stdOut()
 {
-    auto lines = reprocess(readAllStandardOutput(), m_out_leftover);
+    auto lines = reprocess(readAllStandardOutput(), m_out_decoder);
     emit log(lines, MessageLevel::StdOut);
 }
 
@@ -86,18 +84,6 @@ void LoggedProcess::on_exit(int exit_code, QProcess::ExitStatus status)
     // save the exit code
     m_exit_code = exit_code;
 
-    // Flush console window
-    if (!m_err_leftover.isEmpty())
-    {
-        emit log({m_err_leftover}, MessageLevel::StdErr);
-        m_err_leftover.clear();
-    }
-    if (!m_out_leftover.isEmpty())
-    {
-        emit log({m_err_leftover}, MessageLevel::StdOut);
-        m_out_leftover.clear();
-    }
-
     // based on state, send signals
     if (!m_is_aborting)
     {
diff --git a/launcher/LoggedProcess.h b/launcher/LoggedProcess.h
index 61e74bd9..91667b91 100644
--- a/launcher/LoggedProcess.h
+++ b/launcher/LoggedProcess.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <QProcess>
+#include <QTextDecoder>
 #include "MessageLevel.h"
 
 /*
@@ -88,8 +89,8 @@ private:
     void changeState(LoggedProcess::State state);
 
 private:
-    QString m_err_leftover;
-    QString m_out_leftover;
+    QTextDecoder m_err_decoder = QTextDecoder(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
+    QTextDecoder m_out_decoder = QTextDecoder(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
     bool m_killed = false;
     State m_state = NotRunning;
     int m_exit_code = 0;