diff --git a/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp b/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp
index 15a56e869..be92126e3 100644
--- a/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ void RemoteVstPlugin::savePreset( const std::string & _file )
 	if (!isPreset &&!chunky) uIntToFile = (unsigned int) m_plugin->numPrograms;
 	pBank->numPrograms = endian_swap( uIntToFile );
 
-	FILE * stream = F_OPEN_UTF8( _file, "w" );
+	FILE * stream = F_OPEN_UTF8( _file, "wb" );
 	if (!stream)
 	{
 		fprintf( stderr,
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ void RemoteVstPlugin::loadPresetFile( const std::string & _file )
 	unsigned int * pLen = new unsigned int[ 1 ];
 	unsigned int len = 0;
 	sBank * pBank = (sBank*) new char[ sizeof( sBank ) ];
-	FILE * stream = F_OPEN_UTF8( _file, "r" );
+	FILE * stream = F_OPEN_UTF8( _file, "rb" );
 	if (!stream)
 	{
 		fprintf( stderr,