diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index ddc9c10..d2ed0c3 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ int read_config(void)
     char buf[512], config_fname[MAX_PATH];
 	FILE *fp;
 	unsigned int i;
+	unsigned int vallen;
 
     sprintf(config_fname, "C:\\%u.ini", GetCurrentProcessId());
 
@@ -53,10 +54,10 @@ int read_config(void)
 			const char *key = buf, *value = p + 1;
 
 			*p = 0;
-
+			vallen = strlen(value);
             if(!strcmp(key, "pipe")) {
-                strncpy(g_config.pipe_name, value,
-                    ARRAYSIZE(g_config.pipe_name));
+				for (i = 0; i < vallen; i++)
+					g_config.pipe_name[i] = (wchar_t)(unsigned short)value[i];
             }
 			else if (!strcmp(key, "logserver")) {
 				strncpy(g_config.logserver, value,
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 902402c..cfab6e0 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 struct _g_config {
     // name of the pipe to communicate with cuckoo
-    char pipe_name[MAX_PATH];
+    wchar_t pipe_name[MAX_PATH];
 
 	char logserver[MAX_PATH];
 
diff --git a/pipe.c b/pipe.c
index 10b8a7e..b8bc709 100644
--- a/pipe.c
+++ b/pipe.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int pipe(const char *fmt, ...)
 			ret = 0;
 		}
 #else
-		if (CallNamedPipe(g_config.pipe_name, buf, len, buf, len,
+		if (CallNamedPipeW(g_config.pipe_name, buf, len, buf, len,
 			(unsigned long *)&len, NMPWAIT_WAIT_FOREVER) != 0)
 			ret = 0;
 #endif
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ int pipe2(void *out, int *outlen, const char *fmt, ...)
         _pipe_sprintf(buf, fmt, args);
         va_end(args);
 
-        if(CallNamedPipe(g_config.pipe_name, buf, len, out, *outlen,
+        if(CallNamedPipeW(g_config.pipe_name, buf, len, out, *outlen,
                 (DWORD *) outlen, NMPWAIT_WAIT_FOREVER) != 0)
             ret = 0;
 		free(buf);