diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 38cc63a..6014de7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ set(HEADERS
 unset(EXTRAS)
 if(TARGET boo)
   include_directories(${BOO_INCLUDE_DIR} ${BOO_INCLUDE_DIR}/../lib ${BOO_INCLUDE_DIR}/../soxr/src
-                      ${LOGVISOR_INCLUDE_DIR} ${ATHENA_INCLUDE_DIR})
+                      ${LOGVISOR_INCLUDE_DIR} ${ATHENA_INCLUDE_DIR} ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR})
   list(APPEND EXTRAS lib/BooBackend.cpp include/amuse/BooBackend.hpp)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/driver/main.cpp b/driver/main.cpp
index bd6d9f7..a82281a 100644
--- a/driver/main.cpp
+++ b/driver/main.cpp
@@ -568,13 +568,20 @@ struct AppCallback : boo::IApplicationCallback
         if (m_argc < 2)
             Log.report(logvisor::Fatal, "needs group path argument");
 
-        amuse::ContainerRegistry::Type cType = amuse::ContainerRegistry::DetectContainerType(m_argv[1]);
+#if _WIN32
+        char utf8Path[1024];
+        WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, m_argv[1], -1, utf8Path, 1024, nullptr, nullptr);
+#else
+        const char* utf8Path = m_argv[1];
+#endif
+
+        amuse::ContainerRegistry::Type cType = amuse::ContainerRegistry::DetectContainerType(utf8Path);
         if (cType == amuse::ContainerRegistry::Type::Invalid)
             Log.report(logvisor::Fatal, "invalid/no data at path argument");
         Log.report(logvisor::Info, "Found '%s' Audio Group data", amuse::ContainerRegistry::TypeToName(cType));
 
         std::vector<std::pair<std::string, amuse::IntrusiveAudioGroupData>> data =
-            amuse::ContainerRegistry::LoadContainer(m_argv[1]);
+            amuse::ContainerRegistry::LoadContainer(utf8Path);
         if (data.empty())
             Log.report(logvisor::Fatal, "invalid/no data at path argument");
 
diff --git a/include/amuse/Common.hpp b/include/amuse/Common.hpp
index 71ee10b..022c33d 100644
--- a/include/amuse/Common.hpp
+++ b/include/amuse/Common.hpp
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <strings.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+#include <strings.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace amuse
 {