diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a13490..f79ad28 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     "debug": "^3.1.0",
     "diskusage": "^0.2.4",
     "fs-jetpack": "^1.2.0",
+    "iconv-lite": "^0.4.19",
     "ipaddr.js": "^1.5.4",
     "material-ui": "^0.20.0",
     "moment": "^2.20.1",
diff --git a/src/background/background.js b/src/background/background.js
index 43643c6..ea2edf3 100644
--- a/src/background/background.js
+++ b/src/background/background.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import env from "env";
 
 const { spawn, exec } = require('child_process')
 const fs = require('fs')
+const iconv = require('iconv-lite');
 
 const setApplicationMenu = () => {
   const menus = [editMenuTemplate, settingsMenuTemplate, aboutMenuTemplate];
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ const getSphinxPath = () => {
 }
 
 const writeSphinxConfig = (path, dbPath) => {
-  const config = `
+  let config = `
   index torrents
   {
     type = rt
@@ -182,6 +183,9 @@ const writeSphinxConfig = (path, dbPath) => {
     fs.mkdirSync(`${dbPath}/database`);
   }
 
+  if(/^win/.test(process.platform))
+    config = iconv.encode(config, 'win1251')
+
   fs.writeFileSync(`${path}/sphinx.conf`, config)
   console.log(`writed sphinx config to ${path}`)
   console.log('db path:', dbPath)