diff --git a/src/logger.cpp b/src/logger.cpp
index bd6236549..5e563d59d 100644
--- a/src/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/logger.cpp
@@ -187,8 +187,11 @@ void Logger::setCurrentLogFile(QString filename)
     }
     instance->outFileStream.setDevice(&instance->outputFile);
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-    // instance->outFileStream.setCodec("UTF-8"); // to properly print special characters in files
+    #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
     instance->outFileStream.setEncoding(QStringConverter::Utf8);
+    #else
+    instance->outFileStream.setCodec("UTF-8"); // to properly print special characters in files
+    #endif
 #endif
     instance->setCurrentStream(&instance->outFileStream);
 }