diff --git a/src/const.py.in b/src/const.py.in
index 9f4839024..bc5f5150f 100644
--- a/src/const.py.in
+++ b/src/const.py.in
@@ -114,7 +114,12 @@ else:
     USER_HOME = os.environ['HOME'] 
     HOME_DIR = os.path.join(USER_HOME, '.gramps')
 
+# Conversion of USER_HOME to unicode was needed to have better
+# support for non ASCII path names in Windows for the Gramps database.
 USER_HOME = unicode(USER_HOME, sys.getfilesystemencoding())
+
+# Tried also coversion of HOME_DIR, but that caused a lot of problems
+# in Windows. Leave it unconverted for now.
 #HOME_DIR = unicode(HOME_DIR, sys.getfilesystemencoding())
 
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