diff --git a/src/Sound/voice.cxx b/src/Sound/voice.cxx
index cfc82e8..18cd20d 100644
--- a/src/Sound/voice.cxx
+++ b/src/Sound/voice.cxx
@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ FGFestivalVoice::~FGFestivalVoice()
 
 void FGVoiceMgr::FGVoice::pushMessage( const string & m)
 {
-     SG_LOG(SG_SOUND, SG_INFO, "FGVoice::pushMessage " << m  );
+
+	 int nwLen = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, m.c_str(), -1, NULL, 0);
+
+     SG_LOG(SG_SOUND, SG_INFO, "FGVoice::pushMessage " << m.c_str()  );
 
 	_msg.push(m);
 #if defined(ENABLE_THREADS)