diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 3a7cdd5..cadb8b3 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -23,9 +23,16 @@ static DWORD _toWin32Creation(int mode) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+bool fileExists(const char *fname) {
+    DWORD dwAttrib = GetFileAttributesA(fname);
+
+    return (dwAttrib != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && 
+           !(dwAttrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY));
+}
+
 file_t fileOpen(const char *fname, int mode) {
     return (file_t) {
-        .handle = CreateFile(fname, 
+        .handle = CreateFileA(fname, 
                              _toWin32Access(mode), 
                              0, 
                              NULL, 
@@ -94,6 +101,7 @@ uint64_t fileTell(file_t *ctx) {
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 const char *_toStdioMode(int mode) {
     switch(mode) {
@@ -104,6 +112,10 @@ const char *_toStdioMode(int mode) {
     }
 }
 
+bool fileExists(const char *fname) {
+    return access(fname, F_OK) == 0;
+}
+
 file_t fileOpen(const char *fname, int mode) {
     return (file_t) {
         .handle = (void*) fopen(fname, _toStdioMode(mode)),
@@ -118,7 +130,6 @@ void fileClose(file_t *ctx) {
 }
 
 bool fileIsValid(file_t *ctx) {
-    info("handle: %p", ctx->handle);
     return ctx->handle != NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/file.h b/file.h
index f4502a7..8ffd885 100644
--- a/file.h
+++ b/file.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ typedef struct {
     size_t len;
 } fread_buf_t;
 
+bool fileExists(const char *fname);
+
 file_t fileOpen(const char *fname, int mode);
 void fileClose(file_t *ctx);
 
diff --git a/str.c b/str.c
index 86edc89..18fdd3c 100644
--- a/str.c
+++ b/str.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ str_t strFromWCHAR(const wchar_t *src, size_t len) {
     char *src_temp = (char*)src;
     size_t lost = iconv(cd, &src_temp, &actual_len, &dest_temp, &dest_left);
     assert(lost != ((size_t)-1));
+    (void)lost;
 
     dest_len -= dest_left;
     dest = realloc(dest, dest_len + 1);
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ wchar_t *strToWCHAR(str_t ctx) {
     char *src_temp = ctx.buf;
     size_t lost = iconv(cd, &src_temp, &ctx.len, &dest_temp, &dest_left);
     assert(lost != ((size_t)-1));
+    (void)lost;
 
     dest_len -= dest_left;
     dest = realloc(dest, dest_len + 1);
diff --git a/str.h b/str.h
index e2db604..9ce04ee 100644
--- a/str.h
+++ b/str.h
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
-#include <string>
 #endif
 
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -16,11 +15,6 @@ extern "C" {
 typedef struct str_t {
     char *buf;
     size_t len;
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-    inline operator std::string() const {
-        return std::string(buf, len);
-    }
-#endif
 } str_t;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -129,7 +123,6 @@ size_t strvFindFirstNotOf(strview_t ctx, strview_t view, size_t from);
 size_t strvFindLastNot(strview_t ctx, char c, size_t from);
 size_t strvFindLastNotOf(strview_t ctx, strview_t view, size_t from);
 
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } // extern "C"
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/strstream.h b/strstream.h
index b6ba1df..c4edb89 100644
--- a/strstream.h
+++ b/strstream.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ str_ostream_t ostrInitStr(const char *buf, size_t len);
 void ostrFree(str_ostream_t *ctx);
 void ostrClear(str_ostream_t *ctx);
 str_t ostrMove(str_ostream_t *ctx);
-
+    
 char ostrBack(str_ostream_t *ctx);
 str_t ostrAsStr(str_ostream_t *ctx);
 strview_t ostrAsView(str_ostream_t *ctx);
diff --git a/tracelog.c b/tracelog.c
index f93a367..876cd7f 100644
--- a/tracelog.c
+++ b/tracelog.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #ifdef _WIN32 
     #pragma warning(disable:4996) // _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS.
+    #include "win32_slim.h"
 #endif
 
 #ifdef TLOG_VS
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ void traceLogVaList(int level, const char *fmt, va_list args) {
 
     vsnprintf(buffer + offset, sizeof(buffer) - offset, fmt, args);
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef TLOG_VS
     OutputDebugStringA(buffer);
     if(use_newline) OutputDebugStringA("\n");