diff --git a/es-app/src/CollectionSystemsManager.cpp b/es-app/src/CollectionSystemsManager.cpp
index 838e332f9..3f22b5154 100644
--- a/es-app/src/CollectionSystemsManager.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/CollectionSystemsManager.cpp
@@ -155,9 +155,10 @@ void CollectionSystemsManager::saveCustomCollection(SystemData* sys)
 
 #if defined(_WIN64)
         configFileIn.open(
-            Utils::String::stringToWideString(getCustomCollectionConfigPath(name)).c_str());
+            Utils::String::stringToWideString(getCustomCollectionConfigPath(name)).c_str(),
+            std::ios::binary);
 #else
-        configFileIn.open(getCustomCollectionConfigPath(name));
+        configFileIn.open(getCustomCollectionConfigPath(name), std::ios::binary);
 #endif
         for (std::string gameEntry; getline(configFileIn, gameEntry);) {
             std::string gamePath {Utils::String::replace(gameEntry, "%ROMPATH%", rompath)};
@@ -187,9 +188,10 @@ void CollectionSystemsManager::saveCustomCollection(SystemData* sys)
 
 #if defined(_WIN64)
         configFileOut.open(
-            Utils::String::stringToWideString(getCustomCollectionConfigPath(name)).c_str());
+            Utils::String::stringToWideString(getCustomCollectionConfigPath(name)).c_str(),
+            std::ios::binary);
 #else
-        configFileOut.open(getCustomCollectionConfigPath(name));
+        configFileOut.open(getCustomCollectionConfigPath(name), std::ios::binary);
 #endif
 
         for (auto it = fileGameEntries.cbegin(); it != fileGameEntries.cend(); ++it)
@@ -1035,9 +1037,9 @@ void CollectionSystemsManager::reactivateCustomCollectionEntry(FileData* game)
         std::string path {getCustomCollectionConfigPath(it->first)};
         if (Utils::FileSystem::exists(path)) {
 #if defined(_WIN64)
-            std::ifstream input(Utils::String::stringToWideString(path).c_str());
+            std::ifstream input {Utils::String::stringToWideString(path).c_str(), std::ios::binary};
 #else
-            std::ifstream input(path);
+            std::ifstream input {path, std::ios::binary};
 #endif
             for (std::string gameKey; getline(input, gameKey);) {
                 if (gameKey == gamePath) {
@@ -1283,9 +1285,9 @@ void CollectionSystemsManager::populateCustomCollection(CollectionSystemData* sy
     // Get configuration for this custom collection.
 
 #if defined(_WIN64)
-    std::ifstream input(Utils::String::stringToWideString(path).c_str());
+    std::ifstream input {Utils::String::stringToWideString(path).c_str(), std::ios::binary};
 #else
-    std::ifstream input(path);
+    std::ifstream input {path, std::ios::binary};
 #endif
 
     // Get all files map.
diff --git a/es-app/src/guis/GuiOrphanedDataCleanup.cpp b/es-app/src/guis/GuiOrphanedDataCleanup.cpp
index 831a8a488..0baf86426 100644
--- a/es-app/src/guis/GuiOrphanedDataCleanup.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/guis/GuiOrphanedDataCleanup.cpp
@@ -726,9 +726,10 @@ void GuiOrphanedDataCleanup::cleanupCollections()
         std::ifstream configFileSource;
 
 #if defined(_WIN64)
-        configFileSource.open(Utils::String::stringToWideString(collectionFile).c_str());
+        configFileSource.open(Utils::String::stringToWideString(collectionFile).c_str(),
+                              std::ios::binary);
 #else
-        configFileSource.open(collectionFile);
+        configFileSource.open(collectionFile, std::ios::binary);
 #endif
         if (!configFileSource.good()) {
             LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't open custom collection configuration file \""
diff --git a/es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraperResources.cpp b/es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraperResources.cpp
index 1026e6ae5..372ea5453 100644
--- a/es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraperResources.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraperResources.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ bool TheGamesDBJSONRequestResources::saveResource(HttpReq* req,
 
     ensureScrapersResourcesDir();
 
-    std::ofstream fout {file_name};
+    std::ofstream fout {file_name, std::ios::binary};
     fout << req->getContent();
     fout.close();
     loadResource(resource, resource_name, file_name);
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ int TheGamesDBJSONRequestResources::loadResource(std::unordered_map<int, std::st
                                                  const std::string& resource_name,
                                                  const std::string& file_name)
 {
-    std::ifstream fin {file_name};
+    std::ifstream fin {file_name, std::ios::binary};
     if (!fin.good())
         return 1;
 
diff --git a/es-core/src/utils/FileSystemUtil.cpp b/es-core/src/utils/FileSystemUtil.cpp
index d07c155f1..835565fff 100644
--- a/es-core/src/utils/FileSystemUtil.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/utils/FileSystemUtil.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ namespace Utils
                 Utils::Platform::runSystemCommand("flatpak-spawn --host which " + *it + "/" +
                                                   executable + " > " + tempFile + " 2>/dev/null");
                 std::ifstream tempFileStream;
-                tempFileStream.open(tempFile);
+                tempFileStream.open(tempFile, std::ios::binary);
                 getline(tempFileStream, emulatorPath);
                 tempFileStream.close();