diff --git a/AudioDSPTools b/AudioDSPTools
index 0827c6c2f..e19ef4b5b 160000
--- a/AudioDSPTools
+++ b/AudioDSPTools
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0827c6c2fc0deced568536142ea86f189e0b98a1
+Subproject commit e19ef4b5b3bf2171c431847563acde29eedf85c0
diff --git a/NeuralAmpModeler/NeuralAmpModeler.cpp b/NeuralAmpModeler/NeuralAmpModeler.cpp
index 4a08266ac..e032e5c08 100644
--- a/NeuralAmpModeler/NeuralAmpModeler.cpp
+++ b/NeuralAmpModeler/NeuralAmpModeler.cpp
@@ -796,8 +796,7 @@ dsp::wav::LoadReturnCode NeuralAmpModeler::_StageIR(const WDL_String& irPath)
   dsp::wav::LoadReturnCode wavState = dsp::wav::LoadReturnCode::ERROR_OTHER;
   try
   {
-    auto irPathU8 = std::filesystem::u8path(irPath.Get());
-    mStagedIR = std::make_unique<dsp::ImpulseResponse>(irPathU8.string().c_str(), sampleRate);
+    mStagedIR = std::make_unique<dsp::ImpulseResponse>(irPath.Get(), sampleRate);
     wavState = mStagedIR->GetWavState();
   }
   catch (std::runtime_error& e)