diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 50e349957..84e28b02d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ project(megatest)
 
 add_subdirectory(libs)
 
-# binary
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCES "src/*.cpp")
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCES})
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}
diff --git a/libs/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/CMakeLists.txt
index 69c48fd1c..23ff6a67f 100755
--- a/libs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ add_library(stb STATIC ${STB_SOURCES} ${STB_HEADERS})
 
 # --- SPDLOG ---
 add_subdirectory(spdlog)
+if (MSVC)
+    target_compile_options(spdlog PRIVATE /utf-8)
+endif()
 
 # --- IMGUI ---
 file (GLOB IMGUI_SOURCES imgui/*.cpp)