diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 388d7c84..ff4886bb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 - the solo state of a mixer fader is not exclusive any more and the solo
   state is preserved if the number of mixer faders changes
+  
+- bug fix: support for correct utf-8 storage of names in the ini-file
 
 
 3.3.2
diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index 14ad0144..619d8979 100755
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ void CSettings::Load()
         // stored fader tags
         for ( iIdx = 0; iIdx < MAX_NUM_STORED_FADER_LEVELS; iIdx++ )
         {
-            pClient->vecStoredFaderTags[iIdx] =
+            pClient->vecStoredFaderTags[iIdx] = FromBase64ToString (
                 GetIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client",
-                                QString ( "storedfadertag%1" ).arg ( iIdx ), "" );
+                                QString ( "storedfadertag%1_base64" ).arg ( iIdx ), "" ) );
         }
 
         // stored fader levels
@@ -81,13 +81,12 @@ void CSettings::Load()
                  0, AUD_MIX_FADER_MAX, iValue ) )
             {
                 pClient->vecStoredFaderLevels[iIdx] = iValue;
-
             }
         }
 
         // name
-        pClient->ChannelInfo.strName =
-            GetIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "name" );
+        pClient->ChannelInfo.strName = FromBase64ToString (
+            GetIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "name_base64" ) );
 
         // instrument
         if ( GetNumericIniSet ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "instrument",
@@ -236,20 +235,20 @@ void CSettings::Load()
         }
 
         // window position of the main window
-        pClient->vecWindowPosMain = FromBase64 (
-            GetIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposmain" ) );
+        pClient->vecWindowPosMain = FromBase64ToByteArray (
+            GetIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposmain_base64" ) );
 
         // window position of the settings window
-        pClient->vecWindowPosSettings = FromBase64 (
-            GetIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposset" ) );
+        pClient->vecWindowPosSettings = FromBase64ToByteArray (
+            GetIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposset_base64" ) );
 
         // window position of the chat window
-        pClient->vecWindowPosChat = FromBase64 (
-            GetIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposchat" ) );
+        pClient->vecWindowPosChat = FromBase64ToByteArray (
+            GetIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposchat_base64" ) );
 
         // window position of the connect window
-        pClient->vecWindowPosConnect = FromBase64 (
-            GetIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposcon" ) );
+        pClient->vecWindowPosConnect = FromBase64ToByteArray (
+            GetIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposcon_base64" ) );
 
         // visibility state of the settings window
         if ( GetFlagIniSet ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winvisset", bValue ) )
@@ -335,8 +334,8 @@ void CSettings::Save()
         for ( iIdx = 0; iIdx < MAX_NUM_STORED_FADER_LEVELS; iIdx++ )
         {
             PutIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client",
-                            QString ( "storedfadertag%1" ).arg ( iIdx ),
-                            pClient->vecStoredFaderTags[iIdx] );
+                            QString ( "storedfadertag%1_base64" ).arg ( iIdx ),
+                            ToBase64 ( pClient->vecStoredFaderTags[iIdx] ) );
         }
 
         // stored fader levels
@@ -348,8 +347,8 @@ void CSettings::Save()
         }
 
         // name
-        PutIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "name",
-            pClient->ChannelInfo.strName );
+        PutIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "name_base64",
+            ToBase64 ( pClient->ChannelInfo.strName ) );
 
         // instrument
         SetNumericIniSet ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "instrument",
@@ -428,19 +427,19 @@ void CSettings::Save()
             pClient->GetUseDefaultCentralServerAddress() );
 
         // window position of the main window
-        PutIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposmain",
+        PutIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposmain_base64",
             ToBase64 ( pClient->vecWindowPosMain ) );
 
         // window position of the settings window
-        PutIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposset",
+        PutIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposset_base64",
             ToBase64 ( pClient->vecWindowPosSettings ) );
 
         // window position of the chat window
-        PutIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposchat",
+        PutIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposchat_base64",
             ToBase64 ( pClient->vecWindowPosChat ) );
 
         // window position of the connect window
-        PutIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposcon",
+        PutIniSetting ( IniXMLDocument, "client", "winposcon_base64",
             ToBase64 ( pClient->vecWindowPosConnect ) );
 
         // visibility state of the settings window
diff --git a/src/settings.h b/src/settings.h
index 766dd2ef..e3c61721 100755
--- a/src/settings.h
+++ b/src/settings.h
@@ -53,10 +53,23 @@ public:
 protected:
     void SetFileName ( const QString& sNFiName );
 
+    // The following functions implement the conversion from the general string
+    // to base64 (which should be used for binary data in XML files). This
+    // enables arbitrary utf8 characters to be used as the names in the GUI.
+    //
+    // ATTENTION: The "FromBase64[...]" functions must be used with caution!
+    //            The reason is that if the FromBase64ToByteArray() is used to
+    //            assign the stored value to a QString, this is incorrect but
+    //            will not generate a compile error since there is a default
+    //            conversion available for QByteArray to QString.
     QString ToBase64 ( const QByteArray strIn ) const
         { return QString::fromLatin1 ( strIn.toBase64() ); }
-    QByteArray FromBase64 ( const QString strIn ) const
+    QString ToBase64 ( const QString strIn ) const
+        { return ToBase64 ( strIn.toUtf8() ); }
+    QByteArray FromBase64ToByteArray ( const QString strIn ) const
         { return QByteArray::fromBase64 ( strIn.toLatin1() ); }
+    QString FromBase64ToString ( const QString strIn ) const
+        { return QString::fromUtf8 ( FromBase64ToByteArray ( strIn ) ); }
 
     // init file access function for read/write
     void SetNumericIniSet ( QDomDocument&  xmlFile,