diff --git a/extensions/extrawindow.cpp b/extensions/extrawindow.cpp
index 0d3fd79..5a26a2c 100644
--- a/extensions/extrawindow.cpp
+++ b/extensions/extrawindow.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ private:
 			dictionaryWindow.UpdateDictionary();
 			if (dictionaryWindow.dictionary.empty())
 			{
-				std::ofstream(DICTIONARY_SAVE_FILE) << DICTIONARY_INSTRUCTIONS;
+				std::ofstream(DICTIONARY_SAVE_FILE) << u8"\ufeff" << DICTIONARY_INSTRUCTIONS;
 				_spawnlp(_P_DETACH, "notepad", "notepad", DICTIONARY_SAVE_FILE, NULL); // show file to user
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/extensions/replacer.cpp b/extensions/replacer.cpp
index badd7be..f8d968c 100644
--- a/extensions/replacer.cpp
+++ b/extensions/replacer.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved
 		UpdateReplacements();
 		if (trie.Empty())
 		{
-			std::ofstream(REPLACE_SAVE_FILE, std::ios::binary).write((char*)REPLACER_INSTRUCTIONS, wcslen(REPLACER_INSTRUCTIONS) * sizeof(wchar_t));
+			auto file = std::ofstream(REPLACE_SAVE_FILE, std::ios::binary) << "\xff\xfe";
+			for (auto ch : std::wstring_view(REPLACER_INSTRUCTIONS)) file <<  (ch == L'\n' ? std::string_view("\r\0\n", 4) : std::string_view((char*)&ch, 2));
 			_spawnlp(_P_DETACH, "notepad", "notepad", REPLACE_SAVE_FILE, NULL); // show file to user
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/text.cpp b/text.cpp
index e261643..5d8f2f5 100644
--- a/text.cpp
+++ b/text.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#include "defs.h"
-
-#ifdef _WIN64
+#ifdef _WIN64
 #define ARCH "x64"
 #else
 #define ARCH "x86"
@@ -121,13 +119,13 @@ Click and drag on window edges to move, or the bottom right corner to resize)";
 const char* TOPMOST = u8"Always on top";
 const char* DICTIONARY = u8"Dictionary";
 const char* DICTIONARY_INSTRUCTIONS = u8R"(This file is used only for the "Dictionary" feature of the Extra Window extension.
-It is not meant to be written manually (though it can be).
+It uses a custom format specific to Textractor and is not meant to be written manually.
 You should look for a dictionary in this format online (https://artikash.github.io/?dictionary is a good place to start).
 Alternatively, if you're a programmer, you can write a script to convert a dictionary from another format with the info below.
 Once you have a dictionary, to look up some text in Extra Window, select it. All matching definitions will be shown.
 Definitions are formatted like this:|TERM|Hola|TERM|hola|TERM|Bonjour|TERM|bonjour|DEFINITION|hello|END|
 The definition can include rich text (https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/richtext-html-subset.html) which will be formatted properly.
-All text in this file outside of definitions is ignored.
+All text in this file outside of a definition is ignored.
 Terms longer than 50 characters may not be shown (for performance reasons that should be fixed soon).
 This file must be encoded in UTF-8.)";
 const char* SHOW_ORIGINAL = u8"Original text";
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ Replacement commands must be formatted like this:
 |ORIG|original_text|BECOMES|replacement_text|END|
 All text in this file outside of a replacement command is ignored.
 Whitespace in original_text is ignored, but replacement_text can contain spaces, newlines, etc.
-This file must be encoded in Unicode (UTF-16 little endian).)";
+This file must be encoded in Unicode (UTF-16 Little Endian).)";
 const char* THREAD_LINKER = u8"Thread Linker";
 const char* LINK = u8"Link";
 const char* THREAD_LINK_FROM = u8"Thread number to link from";