diff --git a/vial/rt/fs.hlx b/vial/rt/fs.hlx
index b9b9537a..fe7b2224 100644
--- a/vial/rt/fs.hlx
+++ b/vial/rt/fs.hlx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const eval if defined(_WIN32) {
 }
 
 fn read_file(path: types::Path) -> string? {
-    var ifs = libcxx::ifstream(path.generic_wstring(), libcxx::ios::binary);
+    var ifs = libcxx::ifstream(path.generic_string(), libcxx::ios::binary);
 
     if !ifs {
         return null;
diff --git a/xmake.lua b/xmake.lua
index 3ca7072d..fd3b69a4 100644
--- a/xmake.lua
+++ b/xmake.lua
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function get_runtime(abi)
 		return "c++_static"
 	elseif abi == "gcc"
 	then
-		return "stdc++_static"
+		return "libc++"
 	elseif abi == "msvc"
 	then
 		return "MT"
@@ -166,12 +166,15 @@ local function setup_env()
 	set_languages(cxx_standard)
 
     -- Set the runtime
-    set_runtimes(runtime)
+    if not (abi == "gcc")
+	then
+        set_runtimes(runtime)
+    end
 end
 
 local function helix_src_setup()
 	-- Include dir
-	add_includedirs("source")
+	add_includedirs("source")   
 
 	-- Add source fikes
 	add_files("source/**.cc") -- add all files in the source directory