diff --git a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs
index 101d0bf1..1c1f8a70 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs
@@ -103,14 +103,18 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
             string repo_config_file_path = SparkleHelpers.CombineMore (base.target_folder, ".git", "config");
             string config = String.Join (Environment.NewLine, File.ReadAllLines (repo_config_file_path));
 
+            string n = Environment.NewLine;
+
+            // Show special characters in the logs
+            config = config.Replace ("[core]" + n,
+                "[core]" + n + "quotepath = false" + n);
+
             // Be case sensitive explicitly to work on Mac
             config = config.Replace ("ignorecase = true", "ignorecase = false");
 
             // Ignore permission changes
             config = config.Replace ("filemode = true", "filemode = false");
-            config = config.Replace ("fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*", 
-                "fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*" + Environment.NewLine +
-                "\tfetch = +refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*");
+
 
             // Add user info
             string n        = Environment.NewLine;
diff --git a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleRepoGit.cs b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleRepoGit.cs
index 407cd740..de220e48 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleRepoGit.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleRepoGit.cs
@@ -378,8 +378,10 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 
             List <SparkleChangeSet> change_sets = new List <SparkleChangeSet> ();
 
-            SparkleGit git_log = new SparkleGit (LocalPath, "log -" + count + " --raw -M --date=iso");
+            // Console.InputEncoding  = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode;
             Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode;
+
+            SparkleGit git_log = new SparkleGit (LocalPath, "log -" + count + " --raw -M --date=iso");
             git_log.Start ();
 
             // Reading the standard output HAS to go before