diff --git a/src/chatdlg.cpp b/src/chatdlg.cpp
index eb95ce2b..a952b614 100755
--- a/src/chatdlg.cpp
+++ b/src/chatdlg.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ void CChatDlg::AddChatText ( QString strChatText )
     txvChatWindow->append ( strChatText );
 
     // notify accessibility plugin that text has changed
-    QAccessible::updateAccessibility ( txvChatWindow, 0,
-        QAccessible::ValueChanged );
+    QAccessible::updateAccessibility (
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 0, 0)
+        txvChatWindow, 0, QAccessible::ValueChanged
+#else
+        new QAccessibleEvent ( txvChatWindow, QAccessible::ValueChanged )
+#endif
+        );
 }
diff --git a/src/protocol.cpp b/src/protocol.cpp
index f820481c..22702a13 100755
--- a/src/protocol.cpp
+++ b/src/protocol.cpp
@@ -1788,6 +1788,6 @@ void CProtocol::PutStringOnStream ( CVector<uint8_t>& vecIn,
     {
         // byte-by-byte copying of the string data
         PutValOnStream ( vecIn, iPos,
-            static_cast<uint32_t> ( sString[j].toAscii() ), 1 );
+            static_cast<uint32_t> ( sString[j].toLatin1() ), 1 );
     }
 }