diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/report.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/report.c
index 3773757f5d5..f69547fd1da 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/report.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/report.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ void BKE_reportf(ReportList *reports, ReportType type, const char *format, ...)
 		va_start(args, format);
 		vprintf(format, args);
 		va_end(args);
+		fprintf(stdout, "\n"); /* otherise each report needs to include a \n */
 		fflush(stdout); /* this ensures the message is printed before a crash */
 	}
 
diff --git a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c
index b905fb3729e..bc79ba94756 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c
+++ b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c
@@ -213,25 +213,10 @@ void BPY_start_python( int argc, char **argv )
 	/* sigh, why do python guys not have a char** version anymore? :( */
 	{
 		int i;
-#if 0
 		PyObject *py_argv= PyList_New(argc);
 		for (i=0; i<argc; i++)
-			PyList_SET_ITEM(py_argv, i, PyUnicode_FromString(argv[i]));
+			PyList_SET_ITEM(py_argv, i, PyC_UnicodeFromByte(argv[i])); /* should fix bug #20021 - utf path name problems, by replacing PyUnicode_FromString */
 
-#else	// should fix bug #20021 - utf path name problems
-		PyObject *py_argv= PyList_New(0);
-		for (i=0; i<argc; i++) {
-			PyObject *item= PyUnicode_Decode(argv[i], strlen(argv[i]), Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding, NULL);
-			if(item==NULL) { // should never happen
-				PyErr_Print();
-				PyErr_Clear();
-			}
-			else {
-				PyList_Append(py_argv, item);
-				Py_DECREF(item);
-			}
-		}
-#endif
 		PySys_SetObject("argv", py_argv);
 		Py_DECREF(py_argv);
 	}
diff --git a/source/creator/creator.c b/source/creator/creator.c
index 8e17bec361f..83392224444 100644
--- a/source/creator/creator.c
+++ b/source/creator/creator.c
@@ -897,7 +897,10 @@ static int load_file(int argc, char **argv, void *data)
 	} else {
 		/* we are not running in background mode here, but start blender in UI mode with
 		   a file - this should do everything a 'load file' does */
-		WM_read_file(C, filename, NULL);
+		ReportList reports;
+		BKE_reports_init(&reports, RPT_PRINT);
+		WM_read_file(C, filename, &reports);
+		BKE_reports_clear(&reports);
 	}
 
 	G.file_loaded = 1;