diff --git a/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp b/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
index 37434a459..17f44367f 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			char const* country_for_ip(address const& a);
 
 #if TORRENT_USE_WSTRING
-			void load_asnum_db(std::wstring file);
-			void load_country_db(std::wstring file);
+			void load_asnum_dbw(std::wstring file);
+			void load_country_dbw(std::wstring file);
 #endif // TORRENT_USE_WSTRING
 #endif // TORRENT_DISABLE_GEO_IP
 
diff --git a/src/session.cpp b/src/session.cpp
index dbd9acadd..2d383d1dd 100644
--- a/src/session.cpp
+++ b/src/session.cpp
@@ -442,12 +442,12 @@ namespace libtorrent
 #if TORRENT_USE_WSTRING
 	void session::load_asnum_db(wchar_t const* file)
 	{
-		TORRENT_ASYNC_CALL1(load_asnum_db, std::wstring(file));
+		TORRENT_ASYNC_CALL1(load_asnum_dbw, std::wstring(file));
 	}
 
 	void session::load_country_db(wchar_t const* file)
 	{
-		TORRENT_ASYNC_CALL1(load_country_db, std::wstring(file));
+		TORRENT_ASYNC_CALL1(load_country_dbw, std::wstring(file));
 	}
 #endif // TORRENT_USE_WSTRING
 #endif // TORRENT_DISABLE_GEO_IP
diff --git a/src/session_impl.cpp b/src/session_impl.cpp
index fe0a0892c..d6ae67fbe 100644
--- a/src/session_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/session_impl.cpp
@@ -932,38 +932,38 @@ namespace aux {
 		return &(*i);
 	}
 
-	bool session_impl::load_asnum_db(char const* file)
+	void session_impl::load_asnum_db(std::string file)
 	{
 		if (m_asnum_db) GeoIP_delete(m_asnum_db);
-		m_asnum_db = GeoIP_open(file, GEOIP_STANDARD);
-		return m_asnum_db;
+		m_asnum_db = GeoIP_open(file.c_str(), GEOIP_STANDARD);
+//		return m_asnum_db;
 	}
 
 #if TORRENT_USE_WSTRING
-	bool session_impl::load_asnum_db(wchar_t const* file)
+	void session_impl::load_asnum_dbw(std::wstring file)
 	{
 		if (m_asnum_db) GeoIP_delete(m_asnum_db);
 		std::string utf8;
 		wchar_utf8(file, utf8);
 		m_asnum_db = GeoIP_open(utf8.c_str(), GEOIP_STANDARD);
-		return m_asnum_db;
+//		return m_asnum_db;
 	}
 
-	bool session_impl::load_country_db(wchar_t const* file)
+	void session_impl::load_country_dbw(std::wstring file)
 	{
 		if (m_country_db) GeoIP_delete(m_country_db);
 		std::string utf8;
 		wchar_utf8(file, utf8);
 		m_country_db = GeoIP_open(utf8.c_str(), GEOIP_STANDARD);
-		return m_country_db;
+//		return m_country_db;
 	}
 #endif // TORRENT_USE_WSTRING
 
-	bool session_impl::load_country_db(char const* file)
+	void session_impl::load_country_db(std::string file)
 	{
 		if (m_country_db) GeoIP_delete(m_country_db);
-		m_country_db = GeoIP_open(file, GEOIP_STANDARD);
-		return m_country_db;
+		m_country_db = GeoIP_open(file.c_str(), GEOIP_STANDARD);
+//		return m_country_db;
 	}
 
 #endif // TORRENT_DISABLE_GEO_IP