diff --git a/es-app/src/SystemData.cpp b/es-app/src/SystemData.cpp
index f982d5eed..4faa787f9 100644
--- a/es-app/src/SystemData.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/SystemData.cpp
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ bool SystemData::createSystemDirectories()
 
         #if defined(_WIN64)
         systemInfoFile.open(Utils::String::stringToWideString(rompath +
-                systemDir + systemInfoFileName));
+                systemDir + systemInfoFileName).c_str());
         #else
         systemInfoFile.open(rompath + systemDir + systemInfoFileName);
         #endif