diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ceaed851..09ff0e7e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 
 
+
+
+## [0.9.7b / 5.52.2] - 2021-10-05
+
+### Fixed
+- fixed issue loading not unicode sandboxie.ini introduced with the previouse build
+
+
+
+
 ## [0.9.7 / 5.52.1] - 2021-10-02
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Sandboxie/common/my_version.h b/Sandboxie/common/my_version.h
index 9100df92..31d2be18 100644
--- a/Sandboxie/common/my_version.h
+++ b/Sandboxie/common/my_version.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 #ifndef _MY_VERSION_H
 #define _MY_VERSION_H
 
-#define MY_VERSION_BINARY       5,52,1
-#define MY_VERSION_STRING       "5.52.1"
+#define MY_VERSION_BINARY       5,52,2
+#define MY_VERSION_STRING       "5.52.2"
 #define MY_VERSION_COMPAT		"5.52.0" // this refers to the driver ABI compatibility
 
 // These #defines are used by either Resource Compiler, or by NSIC installer
diff --git a/Sandboxie/core/dll/rpcrt.c b/Sandboxie/core/dll/rpcrt.c
index 7342c2a8..ce39cea9 100644
--- a/Sandboxie/core/dll/rpcrt.c
+++ b/Sandboxie/core/dll/rpcrt.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ _FX ULONG RpcRt_RpcBindingFromStringBindingW(
             wcscat(wstrPortName, dynamicFalse + 9);
         }
     }
-    else if (_wcsicmp(StringBinding, L"0497b57d-2e66-424f-a0c6-157cd5d41700@ncalrpc:") == 0) {
+    /*else if (_wcsicmp(StringBinding, L"0497b57d-2e66-424f-a0c6-157cd5d41700@ncalrpc:") == 0) {
 
         ULONG_PTR pkernel32 = (ULONG_PTR)GetModuleHandle(L"kernel32.dll");
         // kernel32.dll!AicpCreateBindingHandle
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ _FX ULONG RpcRt_RpcBindingFromStringBindingW(
         if (RpcRt_TestCallingModule(pRetAddr, pkernel32)) {
             use_RpcMgmtSetComTimeout = TRUE;
         }
-    }
+    }*/
 
     WCHAR* CallingModule = Trace_FindModuleByAddress((void*)pRetAddr);
     if (CallingModule)
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ RPC_STATUS RPC_ENTRY RpcRt_RpcStringBindingComposeW(TCHAR *ObjUuid,TCHAR *ProtSe
 
 void Sbie_StringFromGUID(const GUID* guid, WCHAR* str);
 
-void RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(const WCHAR* Function, void* ReturnAddress,PMIDL_STUB_DESC pStubDescriptor)
+void RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(const WCHAR* Function, void* ReturnAddress,PMIDL_STUB_DESC pStubDescriptor, void* pFormat)
 {
     WCHAR text[512] = L"RpcRt_NdrClientCallX";
     __try
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ ULONG_PTR RpcRt_NdrClientCall2_x64(
 {
     void* ReturnAddress = (void*)*(__int64*)(vl - (3 * 8));
 
-    RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"NdrClientCall2", ReturnAddress, pStubDescriptor);
+    RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"NdrClientCall2", ReturnAddress, pStubDescriptor, pFormat);
 
     return FALSE; // return TRUE to not call the trampoline upon return
 }
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ ULONG_PTR RpcRt_NdrClientCall3_x64(
     void* ReturnAddress = (void*)*(__int64*)(vl - (4 * 8));
 
     __try {
-        RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"NdrClientCall3", ReturnAddress, pProxyInfo->pStubDesc);
+        RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"NdrClientCall3", ReturnAddress, pProxyInfo->pStubDesc, pProxyInfo->ProcFormatString);
     }__except (EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER) {}
 
     return FALSE; // return TRUE to not call the trampoline upon return
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ ULONG_PTR __cdecl RpcRt_NdrClientCall_x86(
     //va_list vl;
     //va_start(vl, pFormat);
 
-    RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"NdrClientCall", ReturnAddress, pStubDescriptor);
+    RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"NdrClientCall", ReturnAddress, pStubDescriptor, pFormat);
 
     //va_end(vl);
 
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ ULONG_PTR __cdecl RpcRt_NdrClientCall2_x86(
     //va_list vl;
     //va_start(vl, pFormat);
 
-    RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"NdrClientCall2", ReturnAddress, pStubDescriptor);
+    RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"NdrClientCall2", ReturnAddress, pStubDescriptor, pFormat);
 
     //va_end(vl);
 
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ ULONG_PTR __cdecl RpcRt_NdrClientCall4_x86(
     //va_list vl;
     //va_start(vl, pFormat);
 
-    RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"NdrClientCall4", ReturnAddress, pStubDescriptor);
+    RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"NdrClientCall4", ReturnAddress, pStubDescriptor, pFormat);
 
     //va_end(vl);
 
diff --git a/Sandboxie/core/dll/secure.c b/Sandboxie/core/dll/secure.c
index eaa42690..18373324 100644
--- a/Sandboxie/core/dll/secure.c
+++ b/Sandboxie/core/dll/secure.c
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ ALIGNED BOOLEAN __cdecl Secure_CheckElevation64(
 #endif _WIN64
 
 extern BOOLEAN g_rpc_client_hooks;
-void RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(const WCHAR* Function, void* ReturnAddress, VOID* pStubDescriptor);
+void RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(const WCHAR* Function, void* ReturnAddress, VOID* pStubDescriptor, void* pFormat);
 
 ALIGNED BOOLEAN __cdecl Secure_CheckElevation(
     void *ReturnAddressFromNdrAsyncClientCall,
@@ -1791,9 +1791,9 @@ ALIGNED BOOLEAN __cdecl Secure_CheckElevation(
 {
     if (g_rpc_client_hooks) {
 #ifdef _WIN64
-        RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"Ndr64AsyncClientCall", ReturnAddressFromNdrAsyncClientCall, pStubDescriptor);
+        RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"Ndr64AsyncClientCall", ReturnAddressFromNdrAsyncClientCall, pStubDescriptor, pFormat);
 #else
-        RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"NdrAsyncClientCall", ReturnAddressFromNdrAsyncClientCall, pStubDescriptor);
+        RpcRt_NdrClientCallX(L"NdrAsyncClientCall", ReturnAddressFromNdrAsyncClientCall, pStubDescriptor, pFormat);
 #endif
     }
 
diff --git a/Sandboxie/core/svc/sbieiniserver.cpp b/Sandboxie/core/svc/sbieiniserver.cpp
index b841f6b0..25cfc6ce 100644
--- a/Sandboxie/core/svc/sbieiniserver.cpp
+++ b/Sandboxie/core/svc/sbieiniserver.cpp
@@ -897,18 +897,21 @@ ULONG SbieIniServer::CacheConfig()
         HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, iniData);
         iniDataPtr = iniData = tmpData;
     }
-    else if (encoding == 2) { //Unicode (UTF-16 BE) BOM
-        // swap all bytes
-        UCHAR* tmpData = (UCHAR*)iniDataPtr;
-        for (DWORD i = 0; i < bytesRead-1; i+=2) {
-            UCHAR tmp = tmpData[i+1];
-            tmpData[i+1] = tmpData[i];
-            tmpData[i] = tmp;
+    else {
+        if (encoding == 2) { //Unicode (UTF-16 BE) BOM
+            // swap all bytes
+            UCHAR* tmpData = (UCHAR*)iniDataPtr;
+            for (DWORD i = 0; i < bytesRead - 1; i += 2) {
+                UCHAR tmp = tmpData[i + 1];
+                tmpData[i + 1] = tmpData[i];
+                tmpData[i] = tmp;
+            }
         }
+        //else if (encoding == 0) //Unicode (UTF-16 LE) BOM
+        bytesRead /= sizeof(wchar_t);
     }
-    //else if (encoding == 0) //Unicode (UTF-16 LE) BOM
 
-    iniDataPtr[bytesRead / sizeof(wchar_t)] = L'\0';
+    iniDataPtr[bytesRead] = L'\0';
 
     m_pConfigIni = new SConfigIni;
     m_pConfigIni->Encoding = encoding;
diff --git a/SandboxiePlus/version.h b/SandboxiePlus/version.h
index 88235856..3bee52c8 100644
--- a/SandboxiePlus/version.h
+++ b/SandboxiePlus/version.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #define VERSION_MJR		0
 #define VERSION_MIN 	9
 #define VERSION_REV 	7
-#define VERSION_UPD 	0
+#define VERSION_UPD 	2
 
 #ifndef STR
 #define STR2(X) #X