diff --git a/invesalius/gui/dialogs.py b/invesalius/gui/dialogs.py
index 9ded49c..232257a 100644
--- a/invesalius/gui/dialogs.py
+++ b/invesalius/gui/dialogs.py
@@ -171,8 +171,11 @@ def ShowImportDirDialog():
     if dlg.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
         # GetPath returns in unicode, if a path has non-ascii characters a
         # UnicodeEncodeError is raised. To avoid this, path is encoded in utf-8
-        path = dlg.GetPath().encode('utf-8')
-
+        if sys.platform == "win32":
+            path = dlg.GetPath()
+        else:
+            path = dlg.GetPath().encode('utf-8')
+        
     # Only destroy a dialog after you're done with it.
     dlg.Destroy()
     os.chdir(current_dir)
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