diff --git a/mkspecs/features/common_pre.prf b/mkspecs/features/common_pre.prf
index c12549a6c..206230870 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/common_pre.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/common_pre.prf
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ contains(BLACK_CONFIG, ProfileRelease) {
 
 msvc:!llvm: QMAKE_CXXFLAGS *= /bigobj
 
+################################
+# Force UTF-8 source code in MSVC
+################################
+
+msvc: QMAKE_CXXFLAGS *= /utf-8
+# msvc: QMAKE_CXXFLAGS *= /source-charset:utf-8
+# /utf-8 sets both the source charset and execution charset to UTF-8
+
 ################################
 # No gigantic MinGW obj files
 ################################
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/input/keyboardkey.cpp b/src/blackmisc/input/keyboardkey.cpp
index 59500f945..6bfa8ca86 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/input/keyboardkey.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/input/keyboardkey.cpp
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ namespace BlackMisc
 
             switch (m_keyCode)
             {
-            case Key_Multiply: return QStringLiteral("×");
-            case Key_Divide: return QStringLiteral("÷");
+            case Key_Multiply: return QStringLiteral("NumMultiply"); // return QStringLiteral(u"×");
+            case Key_Divide:   return QStringLiteral("NumDivide");   // return QStringLiteral(u"÷");
             case Key_Numpad0: return QStringLiteral("Num0");
             case Key_Numpad1: return QStringLiteral("Num1");
             case Key_Numpad2: return QStringLiteral("Num2");