diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Windows/BufferViewer.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Windows/BufferViewer.cpp
index 544929596..eb7aa87a9 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Windows/BufferViewer.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Windows/BufferViewer.cpp
@@ -3235,7 +3235,12 @@ void BufferViewer::exportData(const BufferExport &params)
 
   QFile *f = new QFile(filename);
 
-  if(!f->open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QFile::Truncate))
+  QIODevice::OpenMode flags = QIODevice::WriteOnly | QFile::Truncate;
+
+  if(params.format == BufferExport::CSV)
+    flags |= QIODevice::Text;
+
+  if(!f->open(flags))
   {
     delete f;
     RDDialog::critical(this, tr("Error exporting file"),
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Windows/ConstantBufferPreviewer.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Windows/ConstantBufferPreviewer.cpp
index b05a4c7d2..7ef786bd8 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Windows/ConstantBufferPreviewer.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Windows/ConstantBufferPreviewer.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void ConstantBufferPreviewer::on_saveCSV_clicked()
     if(dirinfo.exists())
     {
       QFile f(filename, this);
-      if(f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate))
+      if(f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate | QIODevice::Text))
       {
         QTextStream ts(&f);
 
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Windows/EventBrowser.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Windows/EventBrowser.cpp
index 0a2908130..f4b337c11 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Windows/EventBrowser.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Windows/EventBrowser.cpp
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ void EventBrowser::on_exportDraws_clicked()
     if(dirinfo.exists())
     {
       QFile f(filename);
-      if(f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate))
+      if(f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate | QIODevice::Text))
       {
         QTextStream stream(&f);
 
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Windows/PerformanceCounterViewer.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Windows/PerformanceCounterViewer.cpp
index f251b7376..086a33d29 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Windows/PerformanceCounterViewer.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Windows/PerformanceCounterViewer.cpp
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ void PerformanceCounterViewer::on_saveCSV_clicked()
     if(dirinfo.exists())
     {
       QFile f(filename, this);
-      if(f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate))
+      if(f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate | QIODevice::Text))
       {
         QTextStream ts(&f);
 
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Windows/PythonShell.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Windows/PythonShell.cpp
index b56d8e9b5..30d6c82fa 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Windows/PythonShell.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Windows/PythonShell.cpp
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ void PythonShell::on_saveScript_clicked()
     if(dirinfo.exists())
     {
       QFile f(filename);
-      if(f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate))
+      if(f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate | QIODevice::Text))
       {
         f.write(scriptEditor->getText(scriptEditor->textLength() + 1));
       }