diff --git a/backends/libcommuni/ircnetworkplugin.cpp b/backends/libcommuni/ircnetworkplugin.cpp
index d7c9ae9e338fe734ffe4753686531e6be104c72f..74bdec24229287ab76ebdc641187a073deac5044 100644
--- a/backends/libcommuni/ircnetworkplugin.cpp
+++ b/backends/libcommuni/ircnetworkplugin.cpp
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 #include <IrcCommand>
 #include <IrcMessage>
 
+#define FROM_UTF8(WHAT) QString::fromUtf8((WHAT).c_str(), (WHAT).size())
+#define TO_UTF8(WHAT) std::string((WHAT).toUtf8().data(), (WHAT).toUtf8().size())
+
 IRCNetworkPlugin::IRCNetworkPlugin(Config *config, Swift::QtEventLoop *loop, const std::string &host, int port) {
 	this->config = config;
 	m_socket = new QTcpSocket();
-	m_socket->connectToHost(QString::fromStdString(host), port);
+	m_socket->connectToHost(FROM_UTF8(host), port);
 	connect(m_socket, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(readData()));
 }
 
@@ -28,8 +31,8 @@ void IRCNetworkPlugin::handleLoginRequest(const std::string &user, const std::st
 	if (CONFIG_BOOL(config, "service.server_mode")) {
 		MyIrcSession *session = new MyIrcSession(user, this);
 		std::string h = user.substr(0, user.find("@"));
-		session->setNickName(QString::fromStdString(h.substr(0, h.find("%"))));
-		session->setHost(QString::fromStdString(h.substr(h.find("%") + 1)));
+		session->setNickName(FROM_UTF8(h.substr(0, h.find("%"))));
+		session->setHost(FROM_UTF8(h.substr(h.find("%") + 1)));
 		session->setPort(6667);
 		session->open();
 		std::cout << "CONNECTING IRC NETWORK " << h.substr(h.find("%") + 1) << "\n";
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ void IRCNetworkPlugin::handleMessageSendRequest(const std::string &user, const s
 		}
 	}
 	std::cout << "MESSAGE " << u << " " << r << "\n";
-	m_sessions[u]->sendCommand(IrcCommand::createMessage(QString::fromStdString(r), QString::fromStdString(message)));
+	m_sessions[u]->sendCommand(IrcCommand::createMessage(FROM_UTF8(r), FROM_UTF8(message)));
 	std::cout << "SENT\n";
 }
 
@@ -89,8 +92,8 @@ void IRCNetworkPlugin::handleJoinRoomRequest(const std::string &user, const std:
 		if (room.find("@") != std::string::npos) {
 			// suffix is %irc.freenode.net to let MyIrcSession return #room%irc.freenode.net
 			MyIrcSession *session = new MyIrcSession(user, this, room.substr(room.find("@")));
-			session->setNickName(QString::fromStdString(nickname));
-			session->setHost(QString::fromStdString(room.substr(room.find("@") + 1)));
+			session->setNickName(FROM_UTF8(nickname));
+			session->setHost(FROM_UTF8(room.substr(room.find("@") + 1)));
 			session->setPort(6667);
 			session->open();
 			std::cout << "CONNECTING IRC NETWORK " << room.substr(room.find("@") + 1) << "\n";
@@ -103,10 +106,10 @@ void IRCNetworkPlugin::handleJoinRoomRequest(const std::string &user, const std:
 	}
 	std::cout << "JOINING " << r << "\n";
 	m_sessions[u]->addAutoJoinChannel(r);
-	m_sessions[u]->sendCommand(IrcCommand::createJoin(QString::fromStdString(r), QString::fromStdString(password)));
+	m_sessions[u]->sendCommand(IrcCommand::createJoin(FROM_UTF8(r), FROM_UTF8(password)));
 	m_sessions[u]->rooms += 1;
 	// update nickname, because we have nickname per session, no nickname per room.
-	handleRoomNicknameChanged(user, r, m_sessions[u]->nickName().toStdString());
+	handleRoomNicknameChanged(user, r, TO_UTF8(m_sessions[u]->nickName()));
 }
 
 void IRCNetworkPlugin::handleLeaveRoomRequest(const std::string &user, const std::string &room) {
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ void IRCNetworkPlugin::handleLeaveRoomRequest(const std::string &user, const std
 	if (m_sessions[u] == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	m_sessions[u]->sendCommand(IrcCommand::createPart(QString::fromStdString(r)));
+	m_sessions[u]->sendCommand(IrcCommand::createPart(FROM_UTF8(r)));
 	m_sessions[u]->removeAutoJoinChannel(r);
 	m_sessions[u]->rooms -= 1;
 
diff --git a/backends/libcommuni/session.cpp b/backends/libcommuni/session.cpp
index ac972b5fab5f8f7aa5e0088a71a6eace7e5a04ca..08bdd726709d655e1ab0d451f6177a64b46f1f78 100644
--- a/backends/libcommuni/session.cpp
+++ b/backends/libcommuni/session.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #include <IrcCommand>
 #include <IrcMessage>
 
+#define FROM_UTF8(WHAT) QString::fromUtf8((WHAT).c_str(), (WHAT).size())
+#define TO_UTF8(WHAT) std::string((WHAT).toUtf8().data(), (WHAT).toUtf8().size())
+
 #include "transport/logging.h"
 
 DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "IRCSession");
@@ -38,13 +41,13 @@ void MyIrcSession::on_connected() {
 	}
 
 	for(std::list<std::string>::const_iterator it = m_autoJoin.begin(); it != m_autoJoin.end(); it++) {
-		sendCommand(IrcCommand::createJoin(QString::fromStdString(*it)));
+		sendCommand(IrcCommand::createJoin(FROM_UTF8(*it)));
 	}
 
 	if (getIdentify().find(" ") != std::string::npos) {
 		std::string to = getIdentify().substr(0, getIdentify().find(" "));
 		std::string what = getIdentify().substr(getIdentify().find(" ") + 1);
-		sendCommand(IrcCommand::createMessage(QString::fromStdString(to), QString::fromStdString(what)));
+		sendCommand(IrcCommand::createMessage(FROM_UTF8(to), FROM_UTF8(what)));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -67,30 +70,30 @@ bool MyIrcSession::correctNickname(std::string &nickname) {
 void MyIrcSession::on_joined(IrcMessage *message) {
 	IrcJoinMessage *m = (IrcJoinMessage *) message;
 	bool flags = 0;
-	std::string nickname = m->sender().name().toStdString();
+	std::string nickname = TO_UTF8(m->sender().name());
 	flags = correctNickname(nickname);
-	np->handleParticipantChanged(user, nickname, m->channel().toStdString() + suffix, (int) flags, pbnetwork::STATUS_ONLINE);
-	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": Joined " << m->parameters()[0].toStdString());
+	np->handleParticipantChanged(user, nickname, TO_UTF8(m->channel()), (int) flags, pbnetwork::STATUS_ONLINE);
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": Joined " << TO_UTF8(m->parameters()[0]));
 }
 
 
 void MyIrcSession::on_parted(IrcMessage *message) {
 	IrcPartMessage *m = (IrcPartMessage *) message;
 	bool flags = 0;
-	std::string nickname = m->sender().name().toStdString();
+	std::string nickname = TO_UTF8(m->sender().name());
 	flags = correctNickname(nickname);
-	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": " << nickname << " parted " << m->channel().toStdString() + suffix);
-	np->handleParticipantChanged(user, nickname, m->channel().toStdString() + suffix,(int) flags, pbnetwork::STATUS_NONE, m->reason().toStdString());
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": " << nickname << " parted " << TO_UTF8(m->channel()) + suffix);
+	np->handleParticipantChanged(user, nickname, TO_UTF8(m->channel()) + suffix,(int) flags, pbnetwork::STATUS_NONE, TO_UTF8(m->reason()));
 }
 
 void MyIrcSession::on_quit(IrcMessage *message) {
 	IrcQuitMessage *m = (IrcQuitMessage *) message;
 	for(std::list<std::string>::const_iterator it = m_autoJoin.begin(); it != m_autoJoin.end(); it++) {
 		bool flags = 0;
-		std::string nickname = m->sender().name().toStdString();
+		std::string nickname = TO_UTF8(m->sender().name());
 		flags = correctNickname(nickname);
 		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": " << nickname << " quit " << (*it) + suffix);
-		np->handleParticipantChanged(user, nickname, (*it) + suffix,(int) flags, pbnetwork::STATUS_NONE, m->reason().toStdString());
+		np->handleParticipantChanged(user, nickname, (*it) + suffix,(int) flags, pbnetwork::STATUS_NONE, TO_UTF8(m->reason()));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -98,10 +101,10 @@ void MyIrcSession::on_nickChanged(IrcMessage *message) {
 	IrcNickMessage *m = (IrcNickMessage *) message;
 
 	for(std::list<std::string>::const_iterator it = m_autoJoin.begin(); it != m_autoJoin.end(); it++) {
-		std::string nickname = m->sender().name().toStdString();
+		std::string nickname = TO_UTF8(m->sender().name());
 		bool flags = m_modes[(*it) + nickname];
-		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": " << nickname << " changed nickname to " << m->nick().toStdString());
-		np->handleParticipantChanged(user, nickname, (*it) + suffix,(int) flags, pbnetwork::STATUS_ONLINE, "", m->nick().toStdString());
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": " << nickname << " changed nickname to " << TO_UTF8(m->nick()));
+		np->handleParticipantChanged(user, nickname, (*it) + suffix,(int) flags, pbnetwork::STATUS_ONLINE, "", TO_UTF8(m->nick()));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -109,8 +112,8 @@ void MyIrcSession::on_modeChanged(IrcMessage *message) {
 	IrcModeMessage *m = (IrcModeMessage *) message;
 
 	// mode changed: "#testik" "HanzZ" "+o" "hanzz_k"
-	std::string nickname = m->argument().toStdString();
-	std::string mode = m->mode().toStdString();
+	std::string nickname = TO_UTF8(m->argument());
+	std::string mode = TO_UTF8(m->mode());
 	if (nickname.empty())
 		return;
 	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": " << nickname << " changed mode to " << mode);
@@ -130,29 +133,29 @@ void MyIrcSession::on_topicChanged(IrcMessage *message) {
 	IrcTopicMessage *m = (IrcTopicMessage *) message;
 
 	bool flags = 0;
-	std::string nickname = m->sender().name().toStdString();
+	std::string nickname = TO_UTF8(m->sender().name());
 	flags = correctNickname(nickname);
 
-	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": " << nickname << " topic changed to " << m->topic().toStdString());
-	np->handleSubject(user, m->channel().toStdString() + suffix, m->topic().toStdString(), nickname);
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": " << nickname << " topic changed to " << TO_UTF8(m->topic()));
+	np->handleSubject(user, TO_UTF8(m->channel()) + suffix, TO_UTF8(m->topic()), nickname);
 }
 
 void MyIrcSession::on_messageReceived(IrcMessage *message) {
 	IrcPrivateMessage *m = (IrcPrivateMessage *) message;
 
-	std::string target = m->target().toStdString();
+	std::string target = TO_UTF8(m->target());
 	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": Message from " << target);
 	if (target.find("#") == 0) {
 		bool flags = 0;
-		std::string nickname = m->sender().name().toStdString();
+		std::string nickname = TO_UTF8(m->sender().name());
 		flags = correctNickname(nickname);
-		np->handleMessage(user, target + suffix, m->message().toStdString(), nickname);
+		np->handleMessage(user, target + suffix, TO_UTF8(m->message()), nickname);
 	}
 	else {
 		bool flags = 0;
-		std::string nickname = m->sender().name().toStdString();
+		std::string nickname = TO_UTF8(m->sender().name());
 		flags = correctNickname(nickname);
-		np->handleMessage(user, nickname, m->message().toStdString());
+		np->handleMessage(user, nickname, TO_UTF8(m->message()));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -163,10 +166,10 @@ void MyIrcSession::on_numericMessageReceived(IrcMessage *message) {
 	IrcNumericMessage *m = (IrcNumericMessage *) message;
 	switch (m->code()) {
 		case 332:
-			m_topicData = m->parameters().value(2).toStdString();
+			m_topicData = TO_UTF8(m->parameters().value(2));
 			break;
 		case 333:
-			 np->handleSubject(user, m->parameters().value(1).toStdString() + suffix, m_topicData, m->parameters().value(2).toStdString());
+			 np->handleSubject(user, TO_UTF8(m->parameters().value(1)) + suffix, m_topicData, TO_UTF8(m->parameters().value(2)));
 			break;
 		case 353:
 			channel = m->parameters().value(2);
@@ -174,10 +177,10 @@ void MyIrcSession::on_numericMessageReceived(IrcMessage *message) {
 
 			for (int i = 0; i < members.size(); i++) {
 				bool flags = 0;
-				std::string nickname = members.at(i).toStdString();
+				std::string nickname = TO_UTF8(members.at(i));
 				flags = correctNickname(nickname);
-				m_modes[channel.toStdString() + nickname] = flags;
-				np->handleParticipantChanged(user, nickname, channel.toStdString() + suffix,(int) flags, pbnetwork::STATUS_ONLINE);
+				m_modes[TO_UTF8(channel) + nickname] = flags;
+				np->handleParticipantChanged(user, nickname, TO_UTF8(channel) + suffix,(int) flags, pbnetwork::STATUS_ONLINE);
 			}
 			break;
 		case 432:
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ void MyIrcSession::on_numericMessageReceived(IrcMessage *message) {
 }
 
 void MyIrcSession::onMessageReceived(IrcMessage *message) {
-	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": " << message->toString().toStdString());
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": " << TO_UTF8(message->toString()));
 	switch (message->type()) {
 		case IrcMessage::Join:
 			on_joined(message);
diff --git a/backends/libcommuni/singleircnetworkplugin.cpp b/backends/libcommuni/singleircnetworkplugin.cpp
index af44ccfac5e31814267a3fb7c6343b1ff237d790..cce79c7b59a4400627f3a97b2aaa2b46e7c0e19b 100644
--- a/backends/libcommuni/singleircnetworkplugin.cpp
+++ b/backends/libcommuni/singleircnetworkplugin.cpp
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
 #include <IrcCommand>
 #include <IrcMessage>
 
+#define FROM_UTF8(WHAT) QString::fromUtf8((WHAT).c_str(), (WHAT).size())
+#define TO_UTF8(WHAT) std::string((WHAT).toUtf8().data(), (WHAT).toUtf8().size())
+
 DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "SingleIRCNetworkPlugin");
 
 SingleIRCNetworkPlugin::SingleIRCNetworkPlugin(Config *config, Swift::QtEventLoop *loop, const std::string &host, int port) {
 	this->config = config;
 	m_server = config->getUnregistered().find("service.irc_server")->second;
 	m_socket = new QTcpSocket();
-	m_socket->connectToHost(QString::fromStdString(host), port);
+	m_socket->connectToHost(FROM_UTF8(host), port);
 	connect(m_socket, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(readData()));
 
 	if (config->getUnregistered().find("service.irc_identify") != config->getUnregistered().end()) {
@@ -44,10 +47,10 @@ void SingleIRCNetworkPlugin::handleLoginRequest(const std::string &user, const s
 	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": Connecting " << m_server << " as " << legacyName);
 
 	MyIrcSession *session = new MyIrcSession(user, this);
-	session->setUserName(QString::fromStdString(legacyName));
-	session->setNickName(QString::fromStdString(legacyName));
-	session->setRealName(QString::fromStdString(legacyName));
-	session->setHost(QString::fromStdString(m_server));
+	session->setUserName(FROM_UTF8(legacyName));
+	session->setNickName(FROM_UTF8(legacyName));
+	session->setRealName(FROM_UTF8(legacyName));
+	session->setHost(FROM_UTF8(m_server));
 	session->setPort(6667);
 
 	if (!password.empty()) {
@@ -90,10 +93,10 @@ void SingleIRCNetworkPlugin::handleMessageSendRequest(const std::string &user, c
 	}
 
 	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": Forwarding message to " << r);
-	m_sessions[user]->sendCommand(IrcCommand::createMessage(QString::fromStdString(r), QString::fromStdString(message)));
+	m_sessions[user]->sendCommand(IrcCommand::createMessage(FROM_UTF8(r), FROM_UTF8(message)));
 
 	if (r.find("#") == 0) {
-		handleMessage(user, legacyName, message, m_sessions[user]->nickName().toStdString());
+		handleMessage(user, legacyName, message, TO_UTF8(m_sessions[user]->nickName()));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -105,11 +108,11 @@ void SingleIRCNetworkPlugin::handleJoinRoomRequest(const std::string &user, cons
 
 	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": Joining " << room);
 	m_sessions[user]->addAutoJoinChannel(room);
-	m_sessions[user]->sendCommand(IrcCommand::createJoin(QString::fromStdString(room), QString::fromStdString(password)));
+	m_sessions[user]->sendCommand(IrcCommand::createJoin(FROM_UTF8(room), FROM_UTF8(password)));
 	m_sessions[user]->rooms += 1;
 
 	// update nickname, because we have nickname per session, no nickname per room.
-	handleRoomNicknameChanged(user, room, m_sessions[user]->userName().toStdString());
+	handleRoomNicknameChanged(user, room, TO_UTF8(m_sessions[user]->userName()));
 }
 
 void SingleIRCNetworkPlugin::handleLeaveRoomRequest(const std::string &user, const std::string &room) {
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ void SingleIRCNetworkPlugin::handleLeaveRoomRequest(const std::string &user, con
 	}
 
 	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": Leaving " << room);
-	m_sessions[u]->sendCommand(IrcCommand::createPart(QString::fromStdString(r)));
+	m_sessions[u]->sendCommand(IrcCommand::createPart(FROM_UTF8(r)));
 	m_sessions[u]->removeAutoJoinChannel(r);
 	m_sessions[u]->rooms -= 1;
 }
diff --git a/include/transport/CMakeLists.txt b/include/transport/CMakeLists.txt
index 2868190dfb6ab93daa023eb0ef48e6c0661cfada..104a2206b3b112699e7eafb022e557c504bb3b79 100644
--- a/include/transport/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/include/transport/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 if (PROTOBUF_FOUND)
     ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
-        OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.pb.cc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.pb.h
-        COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} --cpp_out  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} --proto_path ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.proto
+        OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protocol.pb.cc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protocol.pb.h
+        COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} --cpp_out  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} --proto_path ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protocol.proto
         COMMENT "Running C++ protocol buffer compiler on protocol.proto"
-        DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.proto
+        DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protocol.proto
     )
-    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(pb DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.pb.cc)
+    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(pb DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protocol.pb.cc)
 endif()
 
 FILE(GLOB HEADERS *.h protocol.h)
diff --git a/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index e17b87a1252d1ac616bc6c2cc38100be123587f0..d699271270293800ba3609b696eae68505e1f50e 100644
--- a/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
 FILE(GLOB SRC *.cpp *.h)
 FILE(GLOB HEADERS ../include/transport/*.h)
 
-set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../src/memoryusage.cpp)
-set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../src/logging.cpp)
-set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../src/config.cpp)
-set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc)
+set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/memoryusage.cpp)
+set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/logging.cpp)
+set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/config.cpp)
+set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc)
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
 	ADD_LIBRARY(transport-plugin SHARED ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${PROTOBUF_SRC} ${PROTOBUF_HDRS} ${EXTRA_SOURCES})
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ else()
 	ADD_LIBRARY(transport-plugin STATIC ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${PROTOBUF_SRC} ${PROTOBUF_HDRS} ${EXTRA_SOURCES})
 endif()
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(transport-plugin pb)
-SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)
+SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)
 
 if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-fPIC)
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(transport-plugin PROPERTIES
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS transport-plugin LIBRARY DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR} ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT libraries)
 
-#CONFIGURE_FILE(transport.pc.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/transport.pc")
-#INSTALL(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/transport.pc" DESTINATION lib/pkgconfig)
+#CONFIGURE_FILE(transport.pc.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/transport.pc")
+#INSTALL(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/transport.pc" DESTINATION lib/pkgconfig)
diff --git a/spectrum/src/sample.cfg b/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
index d3b4f31747d08c98c6efe9b11f18691e1ff9afb8..88ec12c87c6ef3fd878d148e0f04095619f473ab 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
+++ b/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ admin_password=test
 #cert=server.pfx #patch to PKCS#12 certificate
 #cert_password=test #password to that certificate if any
 users_per_backend=10
-backend=../..//backends/libpurple/spectrum2_libpurple_backend
+#backend=../..//backends/libpurple/spectrum2_libpurple_backend
+backend=../../backends/template/spectrum2_template_backend
 protocol=prpl-xmpp
 #protocol=prpl-msn
 #protocol=any