diff --git a/spectrum/src/main.cpp b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
index 7de5ce736b5a6108d40b2af3c33f0f5f4045c178..6acbe7fc98f1ecd8a10b0b20e020595b78a242e9 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/main.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 using namespace Transport;
+using namespace Transport::Util;
 
 DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "Spectrum");
 
@@ -271,6 +272,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+	SetCurrentDirectory( utf8ToUtf16(CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.working_dir")).c_str() );
+#endif
+
 #ifndef WIN32
 	if (!CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.group").empty() ||!CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.user").empty() ) {
 		struct group *gr;