diff --git a/tests/config.cpp b/tests/config.cpp
index 5029a26..bbd2f58 100644
--- a/tests/config.cpp
+++ b/tests/config.cpp
@@ -82,13 +82,14 @@ struct Pixel {
 
 struct Robot {
   Pixel point;
+  std::wstring name;
   std::optional<Item> item;
 
-  DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE(Robot, point, item);
+  DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE(Robot, point, name, item);
 };
 
 TEST_CASE("test using tser for serialization", "[config]") {
-  auto robot = Robot{ Pixel{3,4}, Item::RADAR};
+  auto robot = Robot{ Pixel{3,4}, L"BIG NAME", Item::RADAR};
   std::cout << robot << '\n';
 
   tser::BinaryArchive archive;
@@ -101,5 +102,6 @@ TEST_CASE("test using tser for serialization", "[config]") {
 
   REQUIRE(loadedRobot.point.x == robot.point.x);
   REQUIRE(loadedRobot.point.y == robot.point.y);
+  REQUIRE(loadedRobot.name == robot.name);
   REQUIRE(loadedRobot.item == robot.item);
 }
diff --git a/tser.hpp b/tser.hpp
index d603dc6..0c56038 100644
--- a/tser.hpp
+++ b/tser.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <string_view>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <tuple>
+#include <codecvt>
 
 namespace tser{
   //implementation details for C++20 is_detected
@@ -89,6 +90,9 @@ namespace tser{
       using V = std::decay_t<T>;
       if constexpr (std::is_constructible_v<std::string, T> || std::is_same_v<V, char>) {
         os << "\"" << val << "\"";
+      } else if constexpr (std::is_constructible_v<std::wstring, T> || std::is_same_v<V, char>) {
+        std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t>> converter;
+        os << "\"" << converter.to_bytes(val) << "\"";
       } else if constexpr (is_container_v<V>) {
         size_t i = 0;
         os << "\n[";