diff --git a/libs/main/core/pichar.h b/libs/main/core/pichar.h
index affd0385..0b17769a 100644
--- a/libs/main/core/pichar.h
+++ b/libs/main/core/pichar.h
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ public:
 	//! \~russian Оператор присваивания
 	PIChar & operator =(const char v) {ch = v; return *this;}
 
+	//! \~english Copy operator
+	//! \~russian Оператор присваивания
+	PIChar & operator =(const wchar_t v) {ch = v; return *this;}
+
 	//! \~english Compare operator
 	//! \~russian Оператор сравнения
 	bool operator ==(const PIChar & o) const;
diff --git a/libs/main/core/pistring.cpp b/libs/main/core/pistring.cpp
index bc6e0c58..9395c78d 100644
--- a/libs/main/core/pistring.cpp
+++ b/libs/main/core/pistring.cpp
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void PIString::appendFromChars(const char * c, int s, const char * codepage) {
 	mbsrtowcs(&wstr[0], pc, len+1, &state);
 	if (c_) free(c_);
 	enlarge(len);
-	for (size_t i=0; i<len; ++i) (*this)[old_sz+i] = PIChar(wstr[i]);
+	for (size_t i=0; i<len; ++i) (*this)[old_sz+i] = wstr[i];
 //	//qDebug() << "FromChars done" << size();
 #  endif
 #endif