diff --git a/contrib/epee/include/misc_log_ex.h b/contrib/epee/include/misc_log_ex.h
index 620ed3fb..00a4c9ff 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/include/misc_log_ex.h
+++ b/contrib/epee/include/misc_log_ex.h
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ namespace log_space
   class file_output_stream : public ibase_log_stream
   {
   public:
-    typedef std::map<std::string, std::ofstream*> named_log_streams;
+    typedef std::map<std::string, boost::filesystem::ofstream*> named_log_streams;
 
     file_output_stream( const std::string& default_log_file_name, const std::string& log_path )
     {
@@ -720,20 +720,21 @@ namespace log_space
   private:
     named_log_streams m_log_file_names;
     std::wstring      m_default_log_path_w;
-    std::ofstream*    m_pdefault_file_stream;
+    boost::filesystem::ofstream*    m_pdefault_file_stream;
     std::string     m_log_rotate_cmd;
     std::string     m_default_log_filename;
     uint64_t   m_max_logfile_size;
 
 
     // gets utf-8 encoded string
-    std::ofstream*    add_new_stream_and_open(const char* pstream_name)
+    boost::filesystem::ofstream*    add_new_stream_and_open(const char* pstream_name)
     {
       //log_space::rotate_log_file((m_default_log_path + "\\" + pstream_name).c_str());
       boost::system::error_code ec;
       boost::filesystem::create_directories(m_default_log_path_w, ec);
-      std::ofstream* pstream = (m_log_file_names[pstream_name] = new std::ofstream);
+      boost::filesystem::ofstream* pstream = (m_log_file_names[pstream_name] = new boost::filesystem::ofstream);
       std::wstring target_path = m_default_log_path_w + L"/" + epee::string_encoding::utf8_to_wstring(pstream_name);
+      
       pstream->open( target_path.c_str(), std::ios_base::out | std::ios::app /*ios_base::trunc */);
       if(pstream->fail())
         return NULL;
@@ -756,7 +757,7 @@ namespace log_space
 
     virtual bool out_buffer( const char* buffer, int buffer_len, int log_level, int color, const char* plog_name = NULL )
     {
-      std::ofstream*    m_target_file_stream = m_pdefault_file_stream;
+      boost::filesystem::ofstream*    m_target_file_stream = m_pdefault_file_stream;
       if(plog_name)
       { //find named stream
         named_log_streams::iterator it = m_log_file_names.find(plog_name);
@@ -774,7 +775,7 @@ namespace log_space
       /*
       if(m_max_logfile_size)
       {
-        std::ofstream::pos_type pt =  m_target_file_stream->tellp();
+        boost::filesystem::ofstream::pos_type pt =  m_target_file_stream->tellp();
         uint64_t current_sz = pt;
         if(current_sz > m_max_logfile_size)
         {
@@ -821,7 +822,8 @@ namespace log_space
             misc_utils::call_sys_cmd(m_log_rotate_cmd_local_copy);
           }
 
-          m_target_file_stream->open( (m_default_log_path + "/" + log_file_name).c_str(), std::ios_base::out | std::ios::app /*ios_base::trunc */);
+
+          m_target_file_stream->open( (m_default_log_path + "/" + log_file_name).c_str(), std::ios_base::out | std::ios::app / * ios_base::trunc * /);
           if(m_target_file_stream->fail())
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/daemon/daemon.cpp b/src/daemon/daemon.cpp
index f41affd6..a9ab511d 100644
--- a/src/daemon/daemon.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/daemon.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,21 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   // setup custom terminate functions
   std::set_terminate(&terminate_handler_func);
 
+  ////
+  
+  std::string utf8_str = "\xd0\x92\xd0\xb0\xd1\x81\xd0\xb8\xd1\x81\xd1\x83\xd0\xb0\xd0\xbb\xd0\xb8\xd1\x9d";
+
+  boost::system::error_code ec;
+
+  boost::filesystem::create_directory(boost::filesystem::path(epee::string_encoding::utf8_to_wstring(std::string("utf8_to_wstring_") + utf8_str)), ec);
+  std::cout << "utf8_to_wstring: ec = " << ec << std::endl;
+
+  boost::filesystem::create_directory(boost::filesystem::path(std::string("utf8_") + utf8_str), ec);
+  std::cout << "utf8: ec = " << ec << std::endl;
+
+  return 0;
+  
+  ////
   po::options_description desc_cmd_only("Command line options");
   po::options_description desc_cmd_sett("Command line options and settings options", 130, 83);