diff --git a/Penumbra/Importer/TexToolsImport.cs b/Penumbra/Importer/TexToolsImport.cs
index 26f071dd..9a00c578 100644
--- a/Penumbra/Importer/TexToolsImport.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/Importer/TexToolsImport.cs
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ namespace Penumbra.Importer
         private DirectoryInfo CreateModFolder( string modListName )
         {
             var correctedPath = Path.Combine( _outDirectory.FullName,
-                Path.GetFileName( modListName ).RemoveInvalidPathSymbols() );
+                Path.GetFileName( modListName ).RemoveInvalidPathSymbols().RemoveNonAsciiSymbols() );
             var newModFolder = new DirectoryInfo( correctedPath );
             var i            = 2;
             while( newModFolder.Exists && i < 12 )
diff --git a/Penumbra/Util/StringPathExtensions.cs b/Penumbra/Util/StringPathExtensions.cs
index 2c4f75b0..b97e9061 100644
--- a/Penumbra/Util/StringPathExtensions.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/Util/StringPathExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace Penumbra
 {
@@ -11,5 +13,23 @@ namespace Penumbra
 
         public static string RemoveInvalidPathSymbols( this string s )
             => string.Concat( s.Split( _invalid ) );
+
+        public static string RemoveNonAsciiSymbols( this string s, string replacement = "_" )
+        {
+            StringBuilder sb = new( s.Length );
+            foreach( var c in s )
+            {
+                if( c < 128 )
+                {
+                    sb.Append( c );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    sb.Append( replacement );
+                }
+            }
+
+            return sb.ToString();
+        }
     }
 }
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